The Gibson Upright by Booth Tarkington
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GIBSON: Why? FRANKEL: "_Why_," Mr. Gibson! Did you want to know _why_? GIBSON: Yes, I do. You men signed an agreement with me just eleven days ago-- FRANKEL [_hotly protesting_]: But we never understood it when we signed it. How'd we know what we was signing? GIBSON: Can't you read, Frankel? FRANKEL: What's reading got to do with it, when it reads all one way? GIBSON: Didn't you understand it, Carter? CARTER: Well--I can't say I did. GIBSON: _Why_ can't you say it? It was plain black and white. CARTER: Well, I was kind o' foggy about the overtime. GIBSON: The agreement was that you were to have time and a half for overtime. What was foggy about that? CARTER: Well, I don't say you didn't give us what we was askin' right _then_; but things have changed since then. GIBSON: What's changed in eleven days? |
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