He was trying to remember which of the men in the office were married, and whether they were those whose salaries were smaller than his own.

Collins, one of the copy editors, he knew, was very ill-paid; but Sam also knew that Collins was married, because his wife used to wait for him in the office to take her to the theatre, and often Sam had thought she was extremely well dressed.

Of course Sister Anne was so beautiful that what she might wear would be a matter of indifference; but then women did not always look at it that way.

Sam was so long considering offering Sister Anne a life position that his silence had become significant; and to cover his real thoughts he said hurriedly: "Take type-writing, for instance.

That pays very well.