At the end of that period the
salary demanded would be increased by ten pounds (L10) over and above
that asked in my _first_ application. Thus, by accepting the existing
offer of twenty pounds (L20) reduction, they would really be securing
me at thirty pounds (L30) less than my market price.
I waited patiently for a further fourteen days, and then sent
Follow-up Letter No. 5.
This letter was quite brief. It made no attempt to disguise the fact
that I was hurt at the firm's silence, and it hinted at enquiries from
other employers of labour whose needs would have to be considered.
It intimated also that I could not possibly hold myself at the firm's
disposal indefinitely, and that unless a prompt reply was received
I could not guarantee acceptance. By way of a crushing suggestion of
niggardliness on their part I enclosed a stamped addressed envelope.
An answer came by return of post as follows:--
DEAR SIR,--In reply to your letter, we beg to say that the vacancy to
which you refer was filled some ten (10) weeks ago.
Yours faithfully, etc.
Now I know where I am. Without this persistence, which is the essence
of the following-up business, I should simply be where I am without
knowing it.
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[Illustration: _Lady Cynthia_ (_showing wounded Tommies the ancestral
portraits_). "AND THIS IS THE FIRST EARL IN FULL FIGHTING KIT."
_Tommy_. "HE'S GOT HIS IDENTIFICATION DISC ALL RIGHT, MA'AM."]
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