It was probable that before long Wayne would be ordered to Washington.

He wanted to know what Katie would do then.

Why not spend next season in Washington with him?
Just what were her plans?
But Katie had no plans.

And suddenly she realized how completely all things had been changed by the coming of Ann.
She had spent much of her life in Washington.

She loved it; loved its official life, in particular its army and diplomatic life; and loved, too, that rigidly guarded old Washington to which, as her mother's daughter, the door stood open to her.