This is the way the agent got a lesson in manners. He called at a business office, and saw nobody but a prepossessing though capable-appearing young woman.
Where's the boss? he asked abruptly.
What is your business? she asked politely.
None of yours! he snapped. "I got a proposition to lay before this firm, and I want to talk to somebody about it."
And you would rather talk to a gentleman?
Yes.
Well, answered the lady, smiling sweetly, "so would I. But it seems that it's impossible for either one of us to have our wish, so we'll have to make the best of it. State your business, please!"