Meanwhile the American strong-minded female understood herself, it is to be charitably hoped, but understood herself alone.
Coronado did not hurry his courtship, for he believed that he had a clear field before him, and he was too sagacious to startle Clara by overmuch energy.

Meantime he began to be conscious that an influence from her was reaching his spirit.

He had hitherto considered her a child; one day he suddenly recognized her as a woman.

Now a woman, a beautiful woman especially, alone with one in the desert, is very mighty.

Matches are made in trains overland as easily and quickly as on sea voyages or at quiet summer resorts.