"Is he?" she asked, absent-mindedly, without raising her head.
"I should think he was!" was the enthusiastic response. "Brimful of ideas!"
"Has he got anything for you?"
"Rather! He's offered me a place in his office?"
"What does he do in his office?"
"Oh—business!"
At the evasive reply, Jacqueline raised her head curiously.
"What kind of business?" she asked, with a trace of interest in the thick voice.
"Oh, business of all kinds! He really is an extraordinary man! Do you know, the moment he set eyes on you he saw that you were a woman of good family?"
These were the first words that she seemed to hear clearly, and her face displayed a foolish smile of gratified vanity.