You see by the tenor of the note that the situation is not promised you; they only wish to see you respecting it.

You may not secure it, after all--some obstacle may arise of which we are not at present aware." "Go on, old raven--croak away!" said Charlie, giving her at the same time a facetious poke.
"There's many a slip between the cup and the lip," she added.
"Oh, Ess!" he rejoined, "don't throw cold water on a fellow in that style--don't harbour so many doubts.

Do you think they would take the trouble to write if they did not intend to give me the situation?
Go away, old raven," concluded he, kissing her, "and don't let us have any more croaking." Charlie was bounding from the room, when he was stopped by his sister, who begged him not to say anything to their mother respecting it, but wait until they knew the issue of the interview; and, if he secured the situation, it would be a very agreeable surprise to her.
We will now visit, in company with the reader, the spacious offices of Messrs.

Twining, Western, and Twining, where we shall find Mr.Western about consigning to the waste-paper basket a large pile of letters.

This gentleman was very fashionably dressed, of dark complexion, with the languid air and drawling intonation of a Southerner.
At an adjoining desk sat an elderly sharp-faced gentleman, who was looking over his spectacles at the movements of his partner.