However, they were very careful of each other; their present peace and content had not easily been reached.

They had come "up through great tribulation," even thus far in their young lives.

The period of their purification seemed now to be drawing to a close, and they were entering upon a season of rest for the soul.
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." This promise is surely not limited to that hoped-for future time when we shall have laid aside mortality, but the pure in heart see much of God here and now--see Him in the beauty of hill and dale, in cloud and blue sky, in placid pool and running water, in flowers and insect, and in the wonderful workings of the human heart! And so Dorian Trent and Carlia Duke, being of the pure in heart, saw much of God and His glory that afternoon.
Then they talked again of the home folks, of Mildred Brown, and of Uncle Zed; and at length came to their own immediate affairs.
That fall Dorian was to enter the University.

The farm at Greenstreet would have to be let to others, but he thought he could manage the dry-farm, as most of the work came in vacation season.

Mrs.Trent did not want to leave her home in the country; but she would likely become lonesome living all by herself; so there would always be a room for her with Dorian and Carlia in the little house they would rent near the school.