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They left me soon after this. I tried to make them tell who the mysterious friend might be, but they refused. The kind things they said and the gratitude they both expressed I shall never forget. They did not strenuously urge me to return to the bank, and that seemed strange to me.
"The job's yours if you want it, Ros," said Captain Jed. "We'd be only too happy to have you if you'd come -- any time, sooner or later. But I don't think you will."