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and she wouldn't go out with anybody any more. The nights she went out she went to do extra work."
"How did she get along with your employer? You gave me the impression that he was very brutal," Dick said, musingly.
"Oh, Lucille got along splendidly with him. I always thought he was horrible, but she never said anything about him. She was very easy-natured, anyway, and I have a bad temper," said Dido, in a shamefaced way.
"How did he like her, do you know?"
"Who? Tolman Bike?" asked Dido, quickly.
"Tolman Bike? Why"— stammered Dick.
"He was the proprietor, you know, and Lucille was his stenographer," exclaimed Dido. "I don't know what he thought of her, for Lucille didn't talk much; but she seemed to get along well enough."
