NICHOLLS (smiling). He's sort of a near relative—my father.
GAYNOR. Ah, yes?
NICHOLLS (with satisfaction). I work for the Downs Company myself—bookkeeper——
GAYNOR. Miss Carmody—the sick girl upstairs—she had a position there also, didn't she, before her mother died?
NICHOLLS. Yes. She had a job as stenographer for a time. When she graduated from the business college course—I was already working at the Downs—and through my father's influence—you understand.(Gaynor nods curtly.) She was getting on finely, too,and liked the work. It's too bad—her mother's death,I mean—forcing her to give it up and come home to take care of those kids.