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.