"Father has."
"I should have asked who, not what."
"I suppose they expect me to marry a Salvation Army man. They say Harry isn't good enough. I think he is a very moral young man."
"Harry? Who is Harry?"
"Why, haven't you heard? Harry Soper. I'm engaged to him."
"The lieutenant?"
"Certainly. He's going to be promoted, though, if he ever gets on the firing line. It's not his fault that he has to do duty in the walled city. He's aching to get out and fight. But father—-" Here she paused, her lips coming together with a firmness that boded ill.
"Colonel Harbin doesn't approve?"
"No—he says Harry is a 'little pup.' It's outrageous, Jane."
"Don't cry, dear. The world is full of men."