“I am sorry if you are annoyed,” she said, “but I think that I ought to be in the same position as all the other typists in your office. When they leave here, their private life is their own.”
“You mean I am not to interfere?” Garland Holt asked.
“I am sure that you mean it very kindly,” Karina said softly. “But I am old enough to look after myself.”
“Very well,” Garland said.
“Oh, please don’t be angry,” she said quickly, feeling that she had been rude. “You have been so very kind in giving me this chance, but I don’t want to be a burden to you and you must see that I have to grow up and look after myself now that I am on my own.”
“You are so ridiculously young,” he said.
“I am not,” Karina replied. “I only look young. It’s quite a different thing.”
“What experience have you had of
