If their defection pained her, she gave no sign--she had something of her father's pride.

Among the Republican gentry she was of course made much of, and she saw something of the plainer sort of her husband's friends.

Tom Mocket came occasionally on business with Rand, and once he brought Vinie with him.

Jacqueline liked the sandy-haired and freckled scamp, and made friends with Vinie.

In the first July days Adam Gaudylock often sat upon her porch, but now for weeks he had been wandering in the West.