Thinking it might be of some future service to me to make my position known to a great man in the commercial world, my father mentioned to his highly- respected friend that I was about to start in business for myself in a very small way, and with very little money. "The Queen of Hearts" by Wilkie Collins Last Updated: January 3, 2009

He had received some training at a commercial school. "The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story" by Various