"I wonder what they would think of this?" she suddenly asked.
She switched on the electric light and as though by magic a soft white radiance flooded the room.
"Would they want to go back to candles?" she asked.
CHAPTER XVII
Later, the thing which Mary always thought of first was the ease with which the change was accomplished.
First of all she called in Archey Forbes and told him her plan.
"I'm going to make you chief of staff," she said; "that is—if you'd care for the place."
He coloured with pleasure—not quite as gorgeously as he once did—but quite enough to be noticeable.
"Anything I can do for you, Miss Mary?" he said.
"Then first we must find a place to train the women workers. One of those empty buildings would be best, I think. I'll give you a list of machines to be set in place."