Florence Hallman lived in Minneapolis, she said; though she traveled most of the time, in the interests of her firm.
Yes, she liked the real estate business.

One had a chance to see the world, and keep in touch with people and things.

She liked the West especially well.

Since her firm had taken up the homeseekers' line she spent most of her time in the West.
They had supper--she called it dinner, Andy observed--together, and Andy Green paid the check, which was not so small.

It was after that, when they became more confidential, that Florence Hallman, with the egotism of the successful person who believes herself or himself to be of keen interest to the listener spoke in greater detail of her present mission.
Her firm's policy was, she said, to locate a large tract of government land somewhere, and then organize a homeseekers' colony, and settle the land-hungry upon the tract--at so much per hunger.