"Come to think of it," said Moody, "I never have seen a black waiter in a restaurant in New York, except for lunch counters. You really think Bacon is going to get anywhere?"

"Depends on what you mean by that."

"Well, what will happen?"

"I don't know," said Fiske, "but they want to be waiters at Leicester's about as much as you and I do. I kind of think they just might settle for a contribution to the Reverend Mr. Bacon's good works in Harlem, and then they'll move on to the next restaurant."

"Then it's just a payoff," said Moody.

"Well, that's the funny thing," said Fiske. "Things do change. I'm not sure he cares whether they change or not, but they change. Places he never heard of, and wouldn't care about if he had, they'll start hiring black waiters rather than wait for Buck and all those characters to turn up.