WHEN I go into a bank I get rattled. The clerks
Kattle me; the wickets rattle me; the sight of the money
rattles me; everything rattles me.
The moment I cross the threshold of bank I am
a hesitating jay. If I attempt to transact business there
I become an irresponsible idiot.
I knew this beforehand, but my salary had been
raised to fifty dollars a month, and I felt that the bank
was the only place for it.
So I shambled in and looked timidly around at the
clerks. I had an idea that a person about to open an
account must needs consult the manager.
I went up to a wicket marked "Accountant.' The
accountant was a tall, cool devil. The very sight of
him ratiled me. My voice was sepulchral.
"Can I see the manager?" I said, and added solemnly,
"alone." I don't know why I said 'alone.'
"Cedlainly said the accountant, and fetched him.
shager
The manager was
a grave, calm man. I held
Gobars clutched in a crumpled ball in my
pocket.
“Are you the manage/?" I said. God knows I didn't
doubt
my fifty
"Cance you?" I asked, "Alone?" I didn't want
to say alone again, but without it the thing seemed
self-evident.
The mahasfer looked at me in some alarm. He felt
that I hang awful secret to reveal.
"Come in here," he said, and led the way to a
private room. He turned the key
"We are safe from interyption here," he said, "sir
down.
We both sat down and looked at one another. I
found a voice to speak
"You are one of Pinkerton's men, I presume," he
said
what is the adverb in this
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timidly
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manager's assumptions about the author
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