" She was sitting on the arm of his chair, and laughing, she
drew his head towards her and pressed it against her. "If I succeed, if
I am strong enough to fight the world for myself and win, that will mean
I am strong enough and clever enough to help others."
"I am only at the end of a journey when you need me," he had answered,
and they had kissed. And next morning she returned to her own life.
CHAPTER III
It was at Madge Singleton's rooms that the details of Joan's entry into
journalistic London were arranged. "The Coming of Beauty," was Flora
Lessing's phrase for designating the event. Flora Lessing, known among
her associates as "Flossie," was the girl who at Cambridge had
accidentally stumbled upon the explanation of Joan's influence. In
appearance she was of the Fluffy Ruffles type, with childish innocent
eyes, and the "unruly curls" beloved of the _Family Herald_ novelist. At
the first, these latter had been the result of a habit of late rising and
consequent hurried toilet operations; but on the discovery that for the
purposes of her profession they possessed a market value they had been
sedulously cultivated.
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