Money is the great tempter nowadays.

Consider how many defalcations and breaches of trust we read of daily in confidential positions, and we are forced to conclude that honesty is a rarer virtue than we like to think it.

I have every reason to believe that my assistant last winter purloined, at the least, a hundred dollars, but I was unable to prove it, and submitted to the loss.

It may be the same next winter.

Can't I induce you to change your resolution, and remain in my employ?
I will advance your pay." "Thank you, Professor Henderson," said Harry gratefully.