I have come to say good-bye." "Ah, in that case I will step out to the door and see you off; but I will not be button-holed by Dick Ellison." He rose and stood eyeing her, pinching his chin between thumb and forefinger.

"You have something to say to me, I suspect." "I am going to Kelstein," Hetty began firmly.

"I would like to obey you there, sir, as the others do at home.

I do not mean outwardly: but to feel, while I am absent, that I am earning--" She paused and cast about for a word.
"You will be earning, of course.

There is always satisfaction in that." "I am not thinking of money." "Of my approval, then?
Your employer, Mr.Grantham, is an honest gentleman: I shall trust his report of you." "Papa, I came to beg you for more than that.