"That sounds vague. What is it?"
"The one thing that will bring no disillusion nor bitter disappointment. It must be the genuine thing, not a sham or counterfeit."
Jean raised a puzzled face to the speaker.
"What is it? Fame, I suppose? I am going to work for that."
The Colonel smiled.
"You have a lot to learn. Well, you will be in good hands. Frances Lorraine will be a safe counsellor."
He turned the conversation by asking her about her drawings, and once embarked on the present love of her life, Jean grew eloquent.
She came home in radiant spirits.
"Elsie," she said, as the maid came into her room with a message, "Colonel Douglas is the very nicest man I have ever seen. He is the only man I know that listens and doesn't talk!"