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Updated: May 1, 2025
For the first time Nan learned the result of the search for an erring twin brother, and her horror was unbounded. A heart full of tenderness bled for the man whose sufferings she was witnessing. The story of Elvine's own actions filled her with revolting, yet with pity. It was not in her to condemn easily. She felt that such acts were beyond her powers of judgment.
I won't wait an hour more than I need." Elvine's decision had been forced upon her, but once having taken it she threw something more into her words than the mere encouragement that seemed necessary. "No," she declared, her eyes shining. "You're not even to hurry back. Get right through with your work, or any schemes you have to arrange while you're there, before you think of me."
"It isn't easy to condemn amongst folks on the prairie," she said with a sigh. Elvine shook her head. Her eyes were turned from the girl. They were staring down into the turbulent stream. "I don't think I've found it that way." "How?" The interrogation was natural. But it brought Elvine's eyes sharply to the girl's, and, for a moment, they gazed steadily into each other's.
His impulse was to speak out of the depth of a strong abiding regard for his friend's "little gal." But he rejected the impulse. Time and his own desires were pressing. "Oh, I guess she'll marry some fellow some day. Maybe he'll be good enough " "And more than likely he won't." Elvine's reply was emphatic. She suddenly sat forward in the deep rocker, and a great earnestness shone in her eyes.
Elvine's tongue remained almost cleaving to the roof of her mouth. The man's fair brows were depressed. His eyes were sternly cold. And not once did they turn in her direction. He spoke in his usual tone to the barn-hand. He issued his orders without a sign of emotion. Elvine could stand no more. She stirred. Then slowly she passed within the house. Presently Jeff's step sounded on the veranda.
His manner was so firmly gentle that Elvine's protest melted before it. After all it was very sweet, and and She drew a chair forward and sat down. But her smile hid her real feelings. Confidences, confessions, even from a husband, were repugnant to her. Jeff remained standing. He gazed for a few silent moments in the direction of the open window.
For all that, there was nothing absolutely untasteful about Elvine's surroundings. The daughter would never have permitted such a thing. It was only modern, extremely modern. That type of modern which belongs to those homes where money is a careful consideration. At last Elvine closed her note-book and returned it to the rather large pocketbook which was lying in her lap.
She's a pretty creature," Elvine went on, feeling their topic needed changing. Jeff's smile deepened. "She's pretty right through to her soul," came his prompt and earnest response. Elvine's eyes observed him closely. She laughed in a challenging fashion. "And she is still her father's daughter?" Jeff flushed. Her meaning could not be mistaken.
"I'm through, sweetheart," he said. "Shall we ?" But Elvine's feelings would no longer be denied. "Serious as all that?" she demanded. The next moment she would have given worlds to have been able to recall the words. "I'm afraid it is in a way." Elvine had no option but to continue the subject. She spoke with real feeling. "May I know, dear?" she appealed.
But for the rest, the wide flapping brim of his hat left her no estimate of the face beneath it. He came on. He even swerved his horse on one side as though to pass her without pausing. Elvine's pony stirred restlessly in a desire to join the stranger. Then, in a flash, the whole position was changed.
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