\"Yes，butmaybeyoudon’trealizetheamountoftheobligations。
I’mriskin’myjobkeepin’youhere。Ifitwa’n’tforthesuperintendentbein’suchafriendofmine，there’dhavebeenareg’larassistantkeeperapp’intedlongago。Thegov’mentdon’tpickupitslightkeeperssameasyouwouldfarmhands。There’scivilservicetobegonethrough，andthelikeofthat。Butyouwantedtostay，andI’vekeptyou，riskin’myownjob，asIsaid。
AndnowIcal’latewe’dbetterhaveaplainunderstandin’。You’vegottoknowjustwhatyourjobis。I’mgoin’totellyou。\"
Hestopped，asiftoletthissinkin。Brownnoddedagain。\"Allright，\"heobserved，carelessly；\"goonandtellme；I’mlistening。\"
\"Yourjobaroundthelightsyouknowalready，partofit。Butthere’ssomethin’else。Whenevermenfolkscomehere，I’lldomyshareofshowin’theplaceoff。Butwhenwomencome——women，youunderstand——you’vegottobeguide。I’llforgiveyouto-day’sdoin’s。Itriedtoplayajokeonyou，andyoueveneditupwithabetteroneonme。That’sallright。But，afterthis，showin’thelightstofemalesisyourjob，andyou’vegottodoit——orgetout。