? ? ? ? " 'And now on the staff of Mawson's.'
? ? ? ? " 'Quite so.'
? ? ? ? " 'Well.' said he, 'the fact is that I have heard some really extraordinary stories about your financial ability. You remember Parker, who used to be Coxon's manager. He can never say enough about it.'
? ? ? ? "Of course I was pleased to hear this. I had always been pretty sharp in the office, but I had never dreamed that I was talked about in the City in this fashion.
? ? ? ? " 'You have a good memory?' said he.
? ? ? ? " 'Pretty fair,' I answered modestly.
? ? ? ? " 'Have you kept in touch with the market while you havebeen out of work?' he asked.
? ? ? ? " 'Yes. I read the stock-exchange list every morning.'
? ? ? ? " 'Now that shows real application!' he cried. 'That is the way to prosper! You won't mind my testing you, will you? Let me see. How are Ayrshires?'
? ? ? ? " 'A hundred and six and a quarter to a hundred and five and seven-eighths.'
? ? ? ? " 'And New Zealand consolidated?'
? ? ? ? " 'A hundred and four.'
? ? ? ? " 'And British Broken Hills?'
? ? ? ? " 'Seven to seven-and-six.
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