THE BIG CHANCE Part III

             
"He does look nice."…

...And there was Bill Hargrave for a boss, young and clever and attractive. 

That was a factor, too. Because in thee advertising business you called

the boss "Bill" and he called his secretary "Nancy" or "Paula" and

took her to dinner on the company expense account.

If was all strictly business, but it seemed intimate and informal...

Both Paula and Nancy knew about those dinners. 

Bill had tried to be fair.  He would ask Paula to stay one night,

and then it would be Nancy's turn the next night.

But Paula had been smart.  She had soon learned how impersonal

Bill Hargrave could be, even at those intimate that says. 

"This means you."  And she sow how much harder to please

he was during the overtime hours - more irritable,

more inclined to be critical in his manner.

So when Nancy had said, "I don't mind staying nights, really

I know Paula usually has a date.  She's popular with the men. . .

"Well, Paula had been glad to let it to go at that.  She'd been quick

to see that neither of them was going to see the job simply

on basis of physical attractiveness, and she was right.

Paula didn't need any lessons when it came to office politics. 

She was the one was always busy when someone of little

importance in the office wanted his material typed.

"Sorry, but it's impossible, Jack.  Why not ask Nancy? 

And they did ask Nancy. 

It left Paula free to do Bill Hargrave's work in a hurry. 

    She was never too busy for Mr. Bill's work.