She held up the memorandum for his inspection.
“That’s about enough to start things,” she remarked. “It’s a mistake to have too many characters in a novel. Of course others may be drawn in—we can count on that.”
“But the heroine—a girl that realizes America’s finest and best——”
“I think she should be the unknown quantity—left up in the air. But if you don’t agree with that——”
“I was thinking,” he said, meeting her eyes, “that possibly you——”
One of her most charming smiles rewarded this.
“As the chief plotter, I must stand on the sidelines and keep out of it. But if you think——”
“I think,” he declared, “that the plot would be a failure if you weren’t in it—very much in it.”
“Oh, we must pass that. But there might be a girl of some sort. What would you think of Zaliska?”
“The dancer! To offset the bishop!”