As a matter of fact, when he thought of Texas it was of Wichita Falls, and when he visualized the latter place it was to picture a cottage with the paint off or a small office with the sign, "Tom and Bob Parker, Real Estate and Insurance." He had been eagerly, selfishly, counting the hours until his return, but here, it seemed, was work to be done, a task that he alone could accomplish, and his decision to remain had been made final when Allie Briskow told him with tremulous earnestness that he had saved her life--when she confessed that she had intended to kill herself, and why.
Naturally Gray had put no faith in that wild declaration, nevertheless it was plain that the girl--that all three Briskows--needed a friend to guide them.

He sighed with resignation, but reflected that, inasmuch as he had put his hand to the plow, he must turn the furrow.

After all, he could well afford to spare a week to put that girl on the road to happiness..