She was extremely optimistic, and always hoped that they would prove either spiritually rewarding, or practically useful to some of her projects.

When she saw Mrs.Baxter, with her jetty hair, jeweled collar, and eyes a trifle too saurian for perfect beauty, she at once saw a subscription to the working-girl's club.

The fourth person Mr.Wilsey, Lanley's lawyer, she knew well by reputation.

She wondered if she could make him see that his position on the eight-hour law was absolutely anti-social.
Mr.Lanley enjoyed a small triumph when she entered.

He had been so discreet in his description of her to Mrs.Baxter, he had been so careful not to hint that she was an illuminating personality who had suddenly come into his life, that he knew he had left his old friend with the general impression that Mrs.Wayne was merely the mother of an undesirable suitor of Mathilde's who spent most of her life in the company of drunkards.