She said, "I do not know yet." And that was it. She nodded to him when he spoke of his doing well and possibly getting the best room. "Yes." She was looking for someone special to take place she had previously held. One day she planned on selling the place and she wanted to leave it in the best hands possible, for the men and women who worked there depended upon that.

When he asked to excuse himself, she nodded and they went their separate ways.