The manager came into the office，followed by a girl．The girl was so pretty that all the workers s （71）to look carefully at her．Mr．Ball i （72）the newcomer to his workmates．The girl asked them to help her．Then she sat down at the desk next to Richard．The young man's heart b （73）faster．
Richard had come straight from college to the job，too．He learned a lot when he was at college．He was capable and did his work very well．The manager liked him very much．
Richard was a young man of f （74）words．He could say nothing when he sat next to the girl．He wasn't married t （75）he was nearly thirty years old．His parents were worried about him and they asked their friends to do something h （76）for the young man．Of course，the manager purposely put Anne's desk next to his．
Anne had l （77）experience and often asked for Richard's advice．The young man，of course，tried his best to help her．One day he helped the girl solve a p （78）．She asked him to have dinner with her the next evening．
Mr．Ball and Richard's parents were very pleased when they heard about this．His mother told him what he should say to the girl．She made her son l （79）the words by heart．When the dinner had finished and Anne got up to leave，Richard stood up and stopped her．With a red face，the young man said what his mother had told him．To his surprise，the girl r （80）him．
"I have a boyfriend and we are going to marry this autumn，"said Anne．"Don't be so sad，my friend．I can still enjoy your good company．"