5/16 "It is very bad--it is dreadful to think of Meeson's coming down to seven per cent--seven per cent!" and he held up his hands. 3," said Mr.Meeson, fiercely; "but suggest something." "Well, Sir," said No. 3 more humbly than ever, for he was terribly afraid of his employer; "I think, perhaps, that somebody had better go to Australia, and see what can be done." "I know one thing that can be done," said Mr.Meeson, with a snarl: "all those fools out there can be sacked, and sacked they shall be; and, what's more, I'll go and sack them myself. |