“Oh, Mr. Soloman!” Before Jeanne knew what she was doing she had kissed the chubby little man on the cheek.
“Think, Jensie!” she cried. “Think of going right down to your Big Black Mountain! And of course you must come along!”
“But my work!”
“Only for two or three days. We will fix that.” The little man smiled broadly.
“That is all for to-day?” said Jeanne.
“That is all, Miss LeMar. You are very beautiful to-day, Miss LeMar. There is color in your cheeks. Ha! This is wonderful!” He gave Jeanne such a sharp look that deep in her soul she trembled. Was he beginning to guess? And if he knew?
She returned to Lorena LeMar’s apartment with a very sober face. Life had begun to be quite wonderful. If some one spoiled it all by a sudden discovery or a betrayal, what then?
CHAPTER XXI
WORK AND DREAMS
By early afternoon Jeanne’s old cheerful smile was back again. And why not? Was she not seated between two friends, Jensie and Tom, studying the dialogue of this altogether absorbing movie that hour by hour took on a more vivid picture of reality?
They were having a gay time there in Lorena LeMar’s living room. From time to time peals of laughter came drifting out through the open window.