And I'm going to tell you about it." A little back from the fire they seated themselves, and Aldous told Donald MacDonald about Joanne.
He began at the beginning, from the moment his eyes first saw her as she entered Quade's place.

He left nothing out.

He told how she had come into his life, and how he intended to fight to keep her from going out of it.

He told of his fears, his hopes, the mystery of their coming to Tete Jaune, and how Quade had preceded them to plot the destruction of the woman he loved.

He described her as she had stood that morning, like a radiant goddess in the sun; and when he came to that he leaned nearer, and said softly: "And when I saw her there, Donald, with her hair streaming about her like that, I thought of the time you told me of that other woman--the woman of years and years ago--and how you, Donald, used to look upon her in the sun, and rejoice in your possession.