But you'll be tempted often enough
in the next few years by rich men without my helping to put
temptation in your way,"
"I've never been troubled thus far," laughed Susan.
"But you will, now. You have developed to the point where
everyone will soon be seeing what it took expert eyes to see
heretofore."
"If I am tempted," said Susan, "do you think I'll be able
to resist?"
"I don't know," confessed Brent. "You have a strong sense of
honesty, and that'll keep you at work with me for a while.
Then----
"If you have it in you to be great, you'll go on. If you're
merely the ordinary woman, a little more intelligent, you'll
probably--sell out. All the advice I have to offer is, don't
sell cheap. As you're not hampered by respectability or by
inexperience, you needn't." He reflected a moment, then
added, "And if you ever do decide that you don't care to go on
with a career, tell me frankly. I may be able to help you in
the other direction."
"Thank you," said Susan, her strange eyes fixed upon him.
"Why do you put so much gratitude in your tone and in your
eyes?" asked he.
"I didn't put it there," she answered. "It--just came. And
I was grateful because--well, I'm human, you know, and it was
good to feel--that--that----"
"Go on," said he, as she hesitated.
"I'm afraid you'll misunderstand."
"What does it matter, if I do?"
"Well--you've acted toward me as if I were a mere machine that
you were experimenting with.
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