{"product_id":"2940013750814","title":"Madame Storey's Way","description":"I can not better put that extraordinary woman, my employer, before you\u003cbr\u003ethan by describing my first meeting with her. It is easier to show her\u003cbr\u003equalities in action than to describe them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a certain morning, no different from thousands of other mornings, I\u003cbr\u003ewas in a train on my way to the office when eye was caught by this\u003cbr\u003estriking advertisement:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWANTED--By a woman of affairs, a woman secretary; common sense is the\u003cbr\u003eprime requisite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrinted words have an extraordinary effect on one sometimes. Something\u003cbr\u003ein these terse phrases so strongly appealed to me that though I had a\u003cbr\u003every good position at the time, I interrupted my journey to the office\u003cbr\u003eand went directly to the address given.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was on Gramercy Square. The house proved to be one of the fine old\u003cbr\u003edwellings down there that have been altered into chic more-orless-studio\u003cbr\u003eapartments. Bridal couples of the old Knickerbocker set are fond of\u003cbr\u003esetting up in that neighborhood, I am told. As I approached other\u003cbr\u003efemales were converging at the door from three directions. The hall-boy,\u003cbr\u003ea typical New York specimen, looked us over with a grin, and without\u003cbr\u003easking our business said:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Madame Storey ain't down yet. Youse is all to wait in the little front\u003cbr\u003eroom.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI asked him privately what was Madame Storey's business.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Search me!\" he said cheekily. \"She don't hang out no sign.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer apartment was the first floor front; part of the parlor floor of the\u003cbr\u003eold mansion. It was evidently only an office, but such an office! The\u003cbr\u003ewalls were hung with priceless tapestries, there was an Italian\u003cbr\u003eRenaissance table for the secretary, ditto chairs for the clients, and\u003cbr\u003ehere and there a bit of Chinese porcelain to make a vivid spot of color.\u003cbr\u003eI confess I looked a little dubiously at all this magnificence; somehow\u003cbr\u003eit didn't seem quite respectable. All the time I was wondering what\u003cbr\u003eMadame Storey's affairs consisted of.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158439575792,"sku":"2940013750814","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013750814_p0.jpg?v=1763589782","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013750814","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}