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`` But I 'm not fit to do anything , '' Milly confessed truthfully , `` and I must support myself somehow . '' `` Why do n't you try newspaper work ? You are a clever girl and you know the world ... . Come to my office to-morrow noon -- no , I 've got a Washington nob on my hands for lunch -- '' -LRB- Becker was vain of his political influence , which consisted for the most part of entertaining visiting politicians at luncheon . -RRB- `` Come in ` bout four , and we 'll see what we can do to help you out . '' With a fatherly nod he hurried off down a side street , and Milly went home with a new fillip to her lively imagination . As a matter of fact the proprietor of the _ Star _ was not entirely disinterested in his kindness .