I had to think of myself and of my paper." "How long have you known Mabel Ashe ?" asked Grace, abruptly changing the subject.

Something in the cold indifference of Kathleen's voice jarred on her.
"Just since she appeared on the paper," returned Kathleen unconcernedly.
"She is very pretty, isn't she?
But prettiness alone doesn't count for much on a newspaper.

Can she make good?
That is the question.

She imagines that journalism is her vocation, but I am afraid she is going to be sadly disillusioned.

She seems to be a clever girl, though." "Clever," repeated Grace with peculiar emphasis.