There's
one thing in my mind. There are to be little houses built in all
the new training-camps for officers, and they are to be managed by
women. They are to serve food - sandwiches and coffee, I think.
They may be even more pretentious. I don't know, but I'll find out."
"I'll do anything," said Delight, and got up. It was then that
Audrey realized that there was something more to the visit than had
appeared, for Delight, ready to go, hesitated.
"There is something else, Mrs. Valentine," she said, rather slowly.
"What would you do if a young man wanted to go into the service,
and somebody held him back?"
"His own people?"
"His mother. And - a girl."
"I would think the army is well off without him."
Delight flushed painfully.
"Perhaps," she admitted. "But is it right just to let it go at
that? If you like people, it seems wrong just to stand by and let
others ruin their lives for them."
"Only very weak men let women ruin their lives."
But already she began to understand the situation.
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