"
"Well," Brooks said, "you don't think that poor people who come to you
for help should be exposed to the casual inspection of visitors who want
to see how it is done, do you? I have always been very particular about
that. We should not allow the Prince of Wales in the room whilst we
were dealing with applicants."
"Well, you might have written yourself, or come and seen us," Sybil
declared, a little irrelevantly. "Why couldn't I be an occasional
helper?"
"There is not the slightest reason why you should not," he answered.
"We have seventeen hundred on the books, but we could always do with
more, especially now we are opening so many more branches. But, you
know, we should expect you to come sometimes, and how would Lady Caroom
like that?" She laughed.
"You know how much mother and I interfere with one another," she
answered. "Besides, I have several friends who are on your list, and
who are sent for now and then--Edie Gresham and Mary Forbrooke." "It is
rough work," he said; "but, of course, if you like, my secretary shall
put your name down, and you will get a card then telling you what week
to come.
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