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Colina shrank from him. "You helped him get away!" she cried. "I didn't know what had happened," he said indignantly. "Of course not!" said Colina, with quick penitence. But she did not return to him. Presently the frown came back; she began to breathe quickly. "You saw the skin; you must have talked with him. You took his part against father!" Ambrose had nothing to say.
She repressed a sudden start and looked quickly at him, but he was gazing out over the ranges and did not see her, which, she reflected, was an excellent thing, considering the wild and daring idea which had flashed across her mind. If Hanson but knew that his wife had left Colina no power on earth could prevent him from immediately journeying thither.
At ten o'clock Ambrose and Tole started down the river in a dugout. Ambrose did not mean to seek the interview with Colina. Before starting he scribbled a hasty note. DEAR COLINA: The farmers have asked me to buy their grain. I've got to do it unless you will pay their price. It's not much good to say it now, but I'd sooner cut off my hand than seem to be fighting you. I can't help myself.
He had slipped so softly down the hall I had not heard anything. "I instantly thought of danger to those up-stairs, and crept up as quickly as I could without making any sound. I found the door of Mr. Gaviller's room closed. I knew Miss Colina had left it open. I opened it softly, and saw Doane on the bed with his hands at Mr. Gaviller's throat." A shuddering breath escaped from Colina.
Thinking of Colina, his heart leaped but she would never come at a walk! An instinct of wariness bade him sit where he was. A mounted man appeared on the bank above. It was a breed forty-five years old perhaps, but vigorous and youthful still; good looking, well kept, with an agreeable manner; thus Ambrose's first impressions. The stranger rode a good horse.
He understood that it was good for Colina to unburden her breast. "Ah, thank God I have you!" she murmured. They heard the doctor coming, and Colina drew away. She introduced the two men. "Mr. Doane is my friend," she said. "He is one of us." The doctor favored Ambrose with a glance of astonishment before making his professional announcement.
She smiled and bridled a little, evidently well pleased. "Has Pearl told you that her Pop'll probably be down to-day?" she leaned across Hanson to speak to Flick. "No, is that so?" he asked in his smooth, pleasant tones. "Where are the mines that Mr. Gallito is interested in?" asked Hanson, determined to keep in the conversation. "Up in Colina." It was Mrs. Gallito that spoke.
It's not like him. Come along and you'll see." "Wait!" said Ambrose quickly. "Half a minute!" Colina looked at him curiously. "You don't know what this means to me!" he went on, his glowing, unsmiling eyes fixed on her. "A lady's drawing-room! A lamp with a soft, pretty shade! and you like that! I I wasn't prepared for it!" Colina laughed softly.
"I didn't expect you to be waiting on the bank with a brass band and a wreath of flowers!" He smiled so boyishly that Colina, in spite of herself, was obliged to smile back. Suddenly the absurd image caused them to burst out laughing simultaneously and Colina felt herself lost. Laughter was as dangerous as a train of gunpowder.
"Let him go!" she cried to Macfarlane over her shoulder, and ran down the hall and up the stairs. There was a significant silence in the passage when Colina had gone. Finally Macfarlane said stubbornly, "He's my prisoner. It's my duty to hold him against any odds. It's the first rule of the service." Giddings and Pringle urgently remonstrated with him.
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