Only it didn't seem polite to tell you so." "Maybe I'd like you better," said Emily, "if you weren't so darned polite." A week later, early in the spring of 1897, the unexpected happened, and David was promoted into the flying squadron.

He now was a travelling salesman, with a rise in salary and a commission on orders.

It was a step forward, but as going on the road meant absence from Emily, David was not elated.

Nor did it satisfy Emily.

It was not money she wanted.
Her ambition for David could not be silenced with a raise in wages.