"
"That," she remarked, "is what Mr. Lavilette says, isn't it?"
He looked at her with twinkling eyes.
"Oh, you needn't think I'm being scared into it," he answered. "All the
same, Lavvy's right enough. No one man has the right to accept large
subscriptions and not let the public into his confidence."
"Lavilette doesn't believe in our anonymous subscriptions, does he?" she
asked.
"No! He's rather impudent about that, isn't he? I suppose I ought
really to set him right. I should have done so before, but he went
about it in such an offensive manner. Well, to go on with what I was
saying. You will come on the council, Mary?"
"I? Oh, surely not!"
"You will! And, what is more, I am going to split all the branches up
into divisions, and appoint superintendents and manageresses, at a
reasonable salary. And you," he concluded, "are going to be one of the
latter."
She shook her head firmly.
"No! I must remain my own mistress."
"Why not? I want to allot to you the work where you can do most good.
You know more about it than any one. There is no one half so suitable.
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