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“
We
did
want
a
salesman
,
”
said
the
man
.
“
I
don
’
t
know
as
it
’
s
anything
you
’
d
care
to
take
hold
of
,
though
.
”
“
I
see
,
”
said
Hurstwood
.
“
Well
,
I
’
m
in
no
position
to
choose
,
just
at
present
.
If
it
were
open
,
I
should
be
glad
to
get
it
.
”
The
man
did
not
take
kindly
at
all
to
his
“
No
position
to
choose
.
”
He
wanted
some
one
who
wasn
’
t
thinking
of
a
choice
or
something
better
.
Especially
not
an
old
man
.
He
wanted
some
one
young
,
active
,
and
glad
to
work
actively
for
a
moderate
sum
.
Hurstwood
did
not
please
him
at
all
.
He
had
more
of
an
air
than
his
employers
.
“
Well
,
”
he
said
in
answer
,
“
we
’
d
be
glad
to
consider
your
application
.
We
shan
’
t
decide
for
a
few
days
yet
.
Suppose
you
send
us
your
references
.
”
“
I
will
,
”
said
Hurstwood
.
He
nodded
good
-
morning
and
came
away
.
At
the
corner
he
looked
at
the
furniture
company
’
s
address
,
and
saw
that
it
was
in
West
Twenty
-
third
Street
.
Accordingly
,
he
went
up
there
.
The
place
was
not
large
enough
,
however
.
It
looked
moderate
,
the
men
in
it
idle
and
small
salaried
.
He
walked
by
,
glancing
in
,
and
then
decided
not
to
go
in
there
.
“
They
want
a
girl
,
probably
,
at
ten
a
week
,
”
he
said
.
At
one
o
’
clock
he
thought
of
eating
,
and
went
to
a
restaurant
in
Madison
Square
.
There
he
pondered
over
places
which
he
might
look
up
.
He
was
tired
.
It
was
blowing
up
grey
again
.
Across
the
way
,
through
Madison
Square
Park
,
stood
the
great
hotels
,
looking
down
upon
a
busy
scene
.
He
decided
to
go
over
to
the
lobby
of
one
and
sit
a
while
.
It
was
warm
in
there
and
bright
.
He
had
seen
no
one
he
knew
at
the
Broadway
Central
.
In
all
likelihood
he
would
encounter
no
one
here
.
Finding
a
seat
on
one
of
the
red
plush
divans
close
to
the
great
windows
which
look
out
on
Broadway
’
s
busy
rout
,
he
sat
musing
.
His
state
did
not
seem
so
bad
in
here
.
Sitting
still
and
looking
out
,
he
could
take
some
slight
consolation
in
the
few
hundred
dollars
he
had
in
his
purse
.
He
could
forget
,
in
a
measure
,
the
weariness
of
the
street
and
his
tiresome
searches
.
Still
,
it
was
only
escape
from
a
severe
to
a
less
severe
state
.
He
was
still
gloomy
and
disheartened
.
There
,
minutes
seemed
to
go
very
slowly
.
An
hour
was
a
long
,
long
time
in
passing
.
It
was
filled
for
him
with
observations
and
mental
comments
concerning
the
actual
guests
of
the
hotel
,
who
passed
in
and
out
,
and
those
more
prosperous
pedestrians
whose
good
fortune
showed
in
their
clothes
and
spirits
as
they
passed
along
Broadway
,
outside
.
It
was
nearly
the
first
time
since
he
had
arrived
in
the
city
that
his
leisure
afforded
him
ample
opportunity
to
contemplate
this
spectacle
.
Now
,
being
,
perforce
,
idle
himself
,
he
wondered
at
the
activity
of
others
.
How
gay
were
the
youths
he
saw
,
how
pretty
the
women
.
Such
fine
clothes
they
all
wore
.
They
were
so
intent
upon
getting
somewhere
.
He
saw
coquettish
glances
cast
by
magnificent
girls
.
Ah
,
the
money
it
required
to
train
with
such
—
how
well
he
knew
!
How
long
it
had
been
since
he
had
had
the
opportunity
to
do
so
!
