Graydon once or twice tried to do something, but his strange face and voice only frightened the child.
To Madge it had seemed an age since the telegram announcing Graydon's arrival had thrilled every nerve with hope and fear.

Then had come his hasty note, proving conclusively his affectionate indifference.

She was simply Madge to him, as of old.

He was the one man of all the world to her, and no calculating "if" would be the source of her restraint.
True to her old tactics, however, she had spent no time in idle dreaming.

She had cultivated Dr.Sommers's acquaintance, and he had already accompanied her and her sister through a wild valley, on the occasion of a visit to one of his patients.