"I've got a lot of the finishing
touches; I know the high spots. What I need are the rudiments--the
fundamentals--connecting links. You see, I had part of a business
college training a long time before I went to work in a broker's
office, stenography and typewriting; I've been a secretary in the
warden's office the last few months and I've brushed up on the old
stuff and I'm pretty good. That ought to land me a job. Then I'm going
to study nights. Of course, I'd get on faster if I could have private
lessons with one of the head men of one of these real business
schools. I'd mop up this stuff about organization and management
mighty quick, for that business stuff comes natural to me. A bit of
that sort of going to school would connect up and give a working unity
to what I already know. But then I'll find a job and work the thing
out some way. I'm in this to win out, and win out big!"
Once more the rarely heard voice of the Duchess sounded, and though
thin it had a positive quality:
"You're not going to take any job at first. First thing, you're going
to give all your time to those private lessons."
Larry gazed at the Duchess, surprised by the tone in which she spoke.
"But, grandmother, these lessons cost money. And I didn't have a thin
dime left when my lawyers finished with me.
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