I assured him we would wipe the charge off the books and forget it,because he was a very careful man with only one account to look after,while our clerks had to look after thousands. Therefore,he was less likely to be wrong than we were.

• 我心平气和的告诉他，我们会取消帐目中那笔十五块钱帐款，同时把这件事忘掉。我向他这样表示，他是个细心的人，需要处理的只是一份帐目，可是我们公司职员，却要处理成千上万份的帐目，所以他可能不容易弄错。