And then there was a sentimental side to it even if Garry was a gambler--one that could not be ignored when he thought of Corinne and the child.
Late in the afternoon, his mind still unsettled, he poured out his anxieties to Ruth.

She did not disappoint him.

Her big heart swelled only with sympathy for the wife who was suffering.

It made no difference to her that Corinne had never been even polite, never once during the sojourn of the Minotts in the village having manifested the slightest interest either in her own or Jack's affairs--not even when MacFarlane was injured, nor yet when the freshet might have ruined them all.

Ruth's generous nature had no room in it for petty rancors or little hurts.
Then, too, Jack was troubled for his friend.