So it was impossible for him to grasp that this girl was not wholly at her ease.

Her words and the cool little laugh suddenly brought home to Kurt the immeasurable distance between him and a daughter of one of the richest ranchers in Washington.
"You mean I--I was impertinent," he began, struggling between shame and pride.

"I--I stared at you....

Oh, I must have been rude....

But, Miss Anderson, I--I didn't mean to be.