I was taken by surprise, but I answered her without hesitation.
"He made me no definite offer," I said.

"At the same time he asked me a great many questions, for which he must have had some reason, and he gave me the idea that, subject to the approval of some others, he was thinking of me in connection with some post." "Colonel Ray was telling me," she said, "how unfortunate you have been with your pupils.

I wonder--don't you think perhaps that you might get some others ?" "I have tried," I answered.

"So far I have not been lucky.

At present, too, I scarcely see how I could expect to get any, for I have nowhere to put them.