近期热门的优选书刊《飘》，轻松有趣温柔的治愈你(97)

With the idea that she was as capable as a man came a sudden rush of pride and a violent longing to prove it, to make money for herself as men made money. Money which would be her own, which she would neither have to ask for nor account for to any man.
“I wish I had money enough to buy that mill myself，”she said aloud and sighed.“I"d sure make it hum. And I wouldn"t let even one splinter go out on credit.”
She sighed again. There was nowhere she could get any money, so the idea was out of the question.Frank would simply have to collect this money owing him and buy the mill.It was a sure way to make money, and when he got the mill, she would certainly find some way to make him be more businesslike in its operation than he had been with the store.
She pulled a back page out of the ledger and began copying the list of debtors who had made no payments in several months. She"d take the matter up with Frank just as soon as she reached home.She"d make him realize that these people had to pay their bills even if they were old friends, even if it did embarrass him to press them for money.That would probably upset Frank, for he was timid and fond of the approbation of his friends.He was so thin skinned he"d rather lose the money than be businesslike about collecting it.