[
 {
  "chunk": 494,
  "story": 37,
  "summary": "On his first mornings as private secretary Torchy finds a polite new boy in his old seat at the gate, who calls him Sir; after four years of being called Boy, the respect braces him.",
  "predicament": "Someone just promoted meets his eager replacement on the bottom rung and is startled to be addressed with respect."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 495,
  "story": 37,
  "summary": "Needing papers, Torchy sends for the stiff senior clerk who used to order him about, and the man marches in rigidly formal and calls him Sir.",
  "predicament": "Someone newly promoted must summon the stiff senior colleague who used to boss him, who now defers to him grudgingly."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 496,
  "story": 37,
  "summary": "Torchy tells the clerk to drop the formality and offers his hand; the man thaws and coaches him like a big brother on the subsidiary's affairs. Then Torchy meets a cold, loud outside development manager.",
  "predicament": "Someone newly promoted disarms a resentful former superior by refusing deference and offering friendship, and gains a willing coach."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 497,
  "story": 37,
  "summary": "The manager had wanted the post for his idle cousin and predicts Torchy will not last ten days; he then gets Torchy's only assignment, the inventor's proposal, moved into his own department.",
  "predicament": "Someone newly promoted into a post a senior colleague wanted for a relative sees his only assignment taken from him."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 498,
  "story": 37,
  "summary": "Within minutes the manager dismisses the inventor as a crank and sends him off, making Torchy's enthusiasm look like a beginner's blunder, and Torchy sits brooding that he is just a dummy in the post.",
  "predicament": "A newcomer's first judgement is brushed aside by a senior colleague, and he fears the boss now doubts his promotion."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 499,
  "story": 37,
  "summary": "Torchy tracks the inventor to his cluttered workshop-home; the old man, insulted by the manager, says he will take his idea to a rival firm, and Torchy calls him a quitter.",
  "predicament": "Someone junior seeks out a snubbed outsider and goads him out of taking his idea to a rival."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 500,
  "story": 37,
  "summary": "Stung, the inventor describes nine years of solitary work; Torchy makes him explain the process from first principles, and they talk chemistry until two in the morning.",
  "predicament": "Someone out of his depth makes an overlooked expert teach him the whole business from scratch, late into the night."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 501,
  "story": 37,
  "summary": "Torchy writes up what he learned, goes back for more, and then tells the boss's son the manager is wrong; the boss's son, sceptical, asks if he wants to present a minority report.",
  "predicament": "Someone newly promoted and barely tested tells the boss that a respected senior colleague's verdict is simply wrong."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 502,
  "story": 37,
  "summary": "Warned that the manager is a leading authority, Torchy still wants to speak; the boss's son sportingly gives him the floor at tomorrow's directors' meeting, unannounced, and Torchy rushes to prepare with the inventor.",
  "predicament": "A junior who dares to contradict a senior authority is given a chance to argue his case before the people at the top."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 503,
  "story": 37,
  "summary": "Torchy tactfully offers to pay for smartening up the shabby inventor for the directors, and the old man pulls out a thick roll of banknotes.",
  "predicament": "Someone who offers to pay for smartening up a shabby ally discovers the ally is far richer than he looks."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 504,
  "story": 37,
  "summary": "The inventor agrees to spruce up; Torchy writes out his speech word for word and rehearses it alone in his room in plain language.",
  "predicament": "Someone facing his first speech before powerful people writes it out and rehearses it alone, terrified of freezing."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 505,
  "story": 37,
  "summary": "After a sleepless night Torchy has the speech pat; the inventor arrives transformed into a smartly tailored gentleman.",
  "predicament": "Someone who urged an ally to dress for an important meeting sees him arrive transformed beyond recognition."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 506,
  "story": 37,
  "summary": "The manager delivers a crisp dismissal; Torchy freezes briefly, then speaks, laying out the scheme plainly with figures and answering each objection until the sternest director nods.",
  "predicament": "A junior speaking after a confident senior colleague freezes at first, then wins the room point by point."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 507,
  "story": 37,
  "summary": "He ends by inviting questions to the inventor; the meeting runs for hours and ends with an option paid and a trial plant voted, the manager slinks out, and the boss's son says he is proud of him.",
  "predicament": "Someone who created his own job by backing an outsider wins the day, and the boss says he needs him."
 }
]