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You did your best for her, but both of you were bounded north, south, east and west by Walland Marsh. I wish you could see her now, beside me on the terrace she is like a little finch in the sunshine of its first spring day. Her only trouble is her fear of you, her fear that you will not understand. But I tell her I would trust you first of all the world to do that.
Walland Marsh is sectored by the Kent Ditch, which draws huge, straggling diagrams here, to preserve ancient rights of parishes and the monks of Canterbury. Dunge Marsh runs up into the apex of the triangle at Dunge Ness, and adds to itself twenty feet of shingle every year. Romney Marsh is the sixth continent and the eighth wonder of the world.
She was getting on, past thirty-seven romance never came as late as that on Walland Marsh, unless occasionally to widows. Then, since it was too late, why did she so passionately long for it? Why had not her heart grown old with her years? During the next few weeks Joanna watched the young romance grow and sweeten. Ellen was becoming almost girlish again, or rather, girlish as she had never been.
"I'll tell you one thing, Charming Billy Boyle, Mr. Walland has never spoken one word against you. He he likes you, and I don't think it's nice for you " "Likes me! Like hell he does!" snorted Billy, not bothering to choose nice words. "He'd plug me in the back like an Injun if he thought he could get off with it.
But she smiled down at him and permitted the arms to receive her, and she also permitted though with some hesitation Billy to lead her straight away from the wagon and its occupants and from the gyrating Pilgrim to the deep delights of the grove. "Mr. Walland is a good rider, don't you think?" murmured Miss Bridger, gazing over her shoulder.
It was a gun that gun on the ground. He met me there and started a row and said he'd fix me. He pulled his gun, and I made a grab for it and it went off. That's all there is to it." He stared hard at Billy. There was much talk among the men, and several told how they had heard the Swede "cussing" Walland in the saloon that evening.
How did she know that was his song, or did she really care at all? And where was the Pilgrim? "Mr. Walland and I tried the swing, but I don't like it; it made me horribly dizzy," she said, coming up to him. "Then I went to find Mama Joy " "Who?" Billy had by that time recovered his wits enough to know just exactly what she said. "Mama Joy my stepmother. I call her that.
He did not say anything, even when Flora exclaimed over the surprise of finding a camp there, but headed straight for the camp. When they came within speaking distance, a man showed in the opening of one of the tents, looked at them a moment, and came forward. "Why, that's Fred Walland!" cried Flora, and then caught herself suddenly.
In the engagement of Joanna Godden to Martin Trevor Walland Marsh had its biggest sensation for years. Indeed it could be said that nothing so startling had happened since the Rother changed its mouth.
Over a week passed without even an acknowledgment of the telegram, which she must have found reproachfully awaiting her arrival the symbol of Walland Marsh pursuing her into the remoteness of a new life and a strange country. As might have been expected Joanna felt this period of waiting and inactivity far more than she had felt the actual shock.
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