Winter Rose — Hettie Grimstead

Ferris Blake had forgotten all about Jane, but she went on thinking about him, wrapped in a dream of questions and imaginings. Ferris Blake was a professional singer and tenor and a celebrated man. Jane knew nothing more about him, but she recognized the power hew had to utterly absorb her.

Jane had to be near Ferris Blake even though he had forgotten all about her. She just recognized the power he had to utterly absorb her, even if it meant disguising herself as a working girl and becoming his housekeeper -- clinging to the hope that someday he would see her as a woman.