There were the editors who frankly told her that the
business of a newspaper was to write what its customers wanted to read;
and that the public, so far as they could judge, was just about fed up
with plans for New Jerusalems at their expense. And the editors who were
prepared to take up any number of reforms, insisting only that they
should be new and original and promise popularity.
And then she met Greyson.
It was at a lunch given by Mrs. Denton. Greyson was a bachelor and lived
with an unmarried sister, a few years older than himself. He was editor
and part proprietor of an evening paper. It had ideals and was, in
consequence, regarded by the general public with suspicion; but by reason
of sincerity and braininess was rapidly becoming a power. He was a shy,
reserved man with an aristocratic head set upon stooping shoulders. The
face was that of a dreamer, but about the mouth there was suggestion of
the fighter. Joan felt at her ease with him in spite of the air of
detachment that seemed part of his character. Mrs. Denton had paired
them off together; and, during the lunch, one of them--Joan could not
remember which--had introduced the subject of reincarnation.
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