"You've got the makings of more real mind than any girl I've ever seen." "Thank you," she had snapped at him, but she had liked him nevertheless.
So long as one had to live with a man, even as his sister-in-law, it was well to have him in his place.
So her annoyance had died down, and had only risen a little again when one day Joe came to her office.

There was some excuse, of course, but his real reason obviously was to have a look at her employer and at the same time show the man that she had a male protector.

Booh!.

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But Joe had smiled at Greesheimer and had withdrawn quite reassured, leaving her and her job in peace.
As Ethel's business life went on, her self-confidence grew apace.