"Did you do that about asking old Mrs. Croft?"
"Certainly. I do it about everything. I live by that rule now. I've absolute faith in God's guidance."
Emily looked at her. "It must be beautiful," she said, "and you really think that it would be all right for me to go and talk to him, do you?"
"Yes," said Jane slowly. "I think that it would be best all round."
"After all, this is the woman's century," said Emily, with a sudden energy quite unlike her previous interest. "I don't know why I shouldn't."
"I think that the best way to handle all our problems is to let them flow naturally to their finish," said Jane; "dammed or choked rivers always make trouble."
"I should like to say just what I felt to a man just once," said Emily thoughtfully. "It would do me a world of good."
"Then say it," said Jane. "Only are you really sure that he's not in love with Madeleine?"
"Oh, I'm positive as to that."
"Then go ahead."