Sherri: Charlotte, look. Lapham's Quarterly has published a chart comparing famous authors' day jobs and salaries. You're included.
Charlotte: $1838? They seem to think I made quite a lot of money.
Sherri: Er, yes. I suppose. (wonders if she should mention it's an adjusted figure.)
Charlotte: It's rubbish. I don't care to look.
Sherri: I used to work at a bank before I started writing seriously. I would come home covered in ink because I couldn't resist playing with the rubber stamps and ink pads when business was slow.
Charlotte: (rolls eyes.) Always into mischief. Quite like some of the children I watched when I was a governess.
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