He looked into his bank account and found that Laura's wedding would take about all his surplus.
But this did not dismay him much, for money matters never did.

It simply meant more work in the office.
The next day he rose early and was in his office by nine o'clock.

He had not been so prompt in months, and many of his employees came in late that morning.

But nobody seemed very much perturbed, for Roger was an easy employer.

Still, he sternly told himself, he had been letting things get altogether too slack.