"Have you got any ?" He looked at her sharply across the corner of the desk.
"I mean," she continued, "to what fundamental rule of conduct do you attribute your success ?" She leant forward, fixing her eyes on him.

"Don't tell me," she persisted, "that you had none.

That life is all just mere blind chance.
Think of the young men who are hanging on your answer.

Won't you send them a message ?" "Yes," he answered musingly.

"It's your baby face that does the trick.
In the ordinary way I should have known you were pulling my leg, and have shown you the door.