"Dear me, how's that?
Can't we meet him, Harrison?
Is it a matter of salary ?" "I am afraid not, sir." "What then ?" "Mr.Roberts has leanings towards socialism, sir.

He seems to think that the energies of our company tend to increase the distress which exists in the north." The great man leaned back in his chair.
"God bless my soul!" he exclaimed.

"What on earth has that to do with Roberts?
He isn't the conscience of the firm.

He draws a matter of a thousand a year for doing as he is told." "I tried to argue with him on those lines, sir," Harrison replied.

"I am sorry to say I found him obdurate." "He can be replaced, I suppose ?" Phipps shrugged his shoulders.
"With some difficulty, sir," Harrison felt compelled to admit.