"That depends," said Ethel gravely.
"Suppose I take him some night to my club. We have quite a number of architects there."
"Oh, wonderful! How good of you!"
"Mrs. Lanier," said her teacher, "I'm under your orders—digging for gold."
He took Joe to his club on the following night, and later several times for lunch.
"Joe likes it," he reported. "And he has already met some chaps who knew of him and his earlier work, not only in Paris but over here, he was one of the most brilliant designers in the city, I find—and a good many men were disappointed when he threw over his true profession and went after ready cash. How would you like me to put up his name?"
"For club membership?"
"Precisely."
"I'd like it, sir.
"And I obey."