[
 {
  "chunk": 41,
  "story": 3,
  "summary": "Made the ailing top boss's special messenger, Torchy carries papers to the family mansion, where the boss's very large, cheerful teenage daughter finds him waiting in the hall.",
  "predicament": "Someone junior sent on errands to the boss's home is suddenly noticed by a member of the family."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 42,
  "story": 3,
  "summary": "The daughter, just home from finishing school, has heard about Torchy from her brother and treats him like one of the family; they become friendly over several visits.",
  "predicament": "A member of the boss's family treats someone junior as a friend, and he is unsure how far to take it."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 43,
  "story": 3,
  "summary": "Her brother has forgotten his promise to take her to a matinee; she asks Torchy instead and gets her father to excuse him from the office for the afternoon.",
  "predicament": "A relative of the boss wants someone junior as an escort for the afternoon and simply gets the boss to release him from work."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 44,
  "story": 3,
  "summary": "Torchy telephones the stunned secretary that he will not be back, rides to the theatre in the family carriage feeling tiny beside her, and is dismayed to find the play is Shakespeare.",
  "predicament": "Someone junior gets a grand outing on the boss's family's account and feels small and out of place in it."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 45,
  "story": 3,
  "summary": "Torchy ends up enjoying the play; the daughter swoons over the love scene and confides she is sure she could play the heroine, having been denied a part at school.",
  "predicament": "A sheltered young relative of the boss confides a secret ambition that others have always laughed off."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 46,
  "story": 3,
  "summary": "A week later Torchy sees her go into a shabby building housing a drama school; though it is none of his business he follows her up and hears her declaiming.",
  "predicament": "Someone junior sees the boss's young relative slip into a doubtful place and must decide whether it is his business to follow."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 47,
  "story": 3,
  "summary": "The teacher is flattering her extravagantly and promising a Broadway production for a price; Torchy recognises his voice as a small-time vaudeville ham and publicity-seeker he knew from his newspaper days.",
  "predicament": "Someone overhears a smooth talker flattering a wealthy young innocent toward a costly scheme, and recognises him as a known fraud."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 48,
  "story": 3,
  "summary": "Seeing she believes the man, Torchy catches her at her carriage and tells her he overheard the lesson; she blushes and is shaken.",
  "predicament": "Someone junior confronts the boss's young relative about a secret she thought no one knew."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 49,
  "story": 3,
  "summary": "She begs him not to tell, and explains her family always calls her too big for everything, while the teacher alone said she was not; Torchy will not run to the family but will not let the fraud fleece her either.",
  "predicament": "Someone junior who will not tell tales to the family still cannot let a swindler take advantage of the boss's relative."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 50,
  "story": 3,
  "summary": "Torchy tells her the teacher is a has-been after her money; she calls him impudent and refuses to hear more, until he bluffs that he will tell her brother.",
  "predicament": "Someone junior warns the boss's relative about a swindler, is told off for his cheek, and has to threaten telling the family."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 51,
  "story": 3,
  "summary": "Torchy stations her outside the open transom and goes in posing as still being with the newspaper; the teacher boasts of his rich new pupil.",
  "predicament": "Someone sets up a hidden listener, then gets a boastful swindler talking about his latest mark."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 52,
  "story": 3,
  "summary": "The teacher gloats that rich pupils pay whatever their talent, calls her a baby elephant and says her acting would make angels weep.",
  "predicament": "A flatterer, thinking himself among friends, mocks the victim he has been praising while she listens unseen."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 53,
  "story": 3,
  "summary": "The daughter bursts in, and the teacher, thinking her purse a pistol, dives under a desk; she throws him his fee and storms out, and back at the office Torchy is teased for his long absence.",
  "predicament": "A deceived young relative of the boss confronts the flatterer who mocked her, while her helper returns to work pretending nothing happened."
 }
]