Do you know you're the first woman I ever took into my confidence--I mean at sight ?" Again he fixed her with that keen glance which in his business life had taught him how to read men.

He continued: "I'm acting on sentiment--something I rarely do, but I can't help it.

I like you, upon my soul I do, and I'm going to introduce you to my wife--my son--" He took the telephone from his desk as if he were going to use it.
"What a commander-in-chief you would have made--how natural it is for you to command," exclaimed Shirley in a burst of admiration that was half real, half mocking.

"I suppose you always tell people what they are to do and how they are to do it.

You are a born general.