“It’s satisfaction. I’m doing what I want to do.”
She sighed. “I’d hoped for something more.”
He shook his head. “One can’t have everything.”
“Why not?” she demanded almost fiercely. “You ought to have. You’re made for it.” After a pause she added: “Then it isn’t Betty Raleigh. I’d hoped it was. I’ve been watching her. There’s character there, Ban, as well as charm.”
“She has other interests. No; it isn’t Betty.”
“Ban, there are times when I could hate her,” broke out Miss Van Arsdale.
“Who? Betty?”
“You know whom well enough.”
“I stand corrected in grammar as well as fact,” he said lightly.
“Have you seen her?”