Gregg was still the soft-stepping scoundrel who invited the toe of
honesty, and Mornway, as he entered, was conscious of a sharp
revulsion of feeling. But it was impossible to evade the interview,
and he sat silent while the man stated his case.
Mrs. Mornway had represented the stenographer as being in desperate
straits, and ready to accept any job that could be found, but though
his appearance might have seemed to corroborate her account, he
evidently took a less hopeless view of his case, and the Governor
found with surprise that he had fixed his eye on a clerkship in one
of the Government offices, a post which had been half promised him
before the incident of the letters. His plea was that the Governor's
charge, though unproved, had so injured his reputation that he could
only hope to clear himself by getting some sort of small job under
the Administration. After that, it would be easy for him to obtain
any employment he wanted.
He met Mornway's refusal with civility, but remarked after a moment:
"I hadn't expected this, Governor.
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