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"You are going shopping, and Elizabeth wants some money."
They all laughed. "You're a regular Sherlock Holmes!" exclaimed Harriet Holden.
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How much?" asked Compton of his daughter, still smiling.
How much have you?" asked Elizabeth. "I am utterly broke."
Compton turned to Bince. "Get her what she needs, Harold," he said.
The young man started to the door.
"Come with me, Elizabeth," he said; "we will go out to the cashier's cage and get
you fixed up."
They entered Bince's office, which adjoined Compton's.
"Wait here a minute, Elizabeth," said Bince. "How much do you want? I'll get it
for you and bring it back. I want to see you a moment alone before you go."
She told him how much she wanted, and he was back shortly with the currency.
"Elizabeth," he said, "I don't know whether you have noticed it or not, because
your father isn't a man to carry his troubles home, but I believe that he is failing
rapidly, largely from overwork. He worries about conditions here which really do
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