"We must be back
to-morrow afternoon," he said, "in time to prevent this marriage.
So, Chunk, be careful. You must not get sleepy or let your horse
stumble."
Leaving them to pursue their way to the northwest, we can return to
The Oaks. Miss Lou followed her aunt into the house, burdened for
the moment with a new and pressing anxiety. Did the resolute old
lady suspect that one of the class which she most detested had been
concealed within earshot of her voice, and would a search be
instituted? The girl's sympathies had gone out to the stranger, and
the fact that he so trusted her appealed strongly to her woman's
nature. In her alienation from her relatives she was peculiarly
isolated and lonely at just the period in life when she most craved
appreciative understanding, and her intuitions led her to believe
that this stranger could both understand and respect her feelings.
His genial, kindly smile warmed her sore, lonely heart, and
convinced her that there was a world of human affections and simple
faith as well as of imperious wills and formal beliefs.
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