AN ALLY IN THE QUEST Commercially he was doing well.

Quodling and Son were more than satisfied with him.

Excellent prospects lay ahead, and this time it would assuredly be his own fault if he had not secured the permanency so much desired for him by Mrs.Clover.
By the by, would this make any difference?
What if he let Mrs.Clover know of his greatly improved position?
She might reconsider things.

And yet, as often as he thought of Minnie, he felt that her mother's objection corresponded too well with the disposition of the girl.
Minnie was not for him.

Well and good, he would find somebody else.
Polly Sparkes?
Polly be hanged.