To start with, they considered and discussed Brandish, rising young lawyer, and Fulton, rising young dentist.

Sally must invite them to dinner.

But not right away; there was no hurry, Aleck said.

Keep an eye on the pair, and wait; nothing would be lost by going slowly in so important a matter.
It turned out that this was wisdom, too; for inside of three weeks Aleck made a wonderful strike which swelled her imaginary hundred thousand to four hundred thousand of the same quality.

She and Sally were in the clouds that evening.