Sometimes, all it takes to enter a certain circle is just a ticket.
On the professional path, Elise Don is moving upward, and she can feel the different scenery she encounters with each step.
Although she never cared for these views before, what she has gained in the past year, she earned through her own efforts, so the experience feels very different, like the south slope and the north slope of the Himalayan Mountains—one side is steep cliffs, perilous and arduous, and the other is a driveable path to halfway up, reaching the summit is just a small feat.
The experience of the process is completely different.
When Elise Don followed Howard into the inner circle of the cocktail party, many peers were inquiring, wondering who she was. When someone clarified, saying she was that someone or another, everyone reacted the same way—
"Oh, that Don!"
"The Mongolian coat designer."
"The new creative director of P-house?"
