Yes, I'm known out there." He gave his mellow laugh.

"A letter of introduction from Adam Gaudylock is a pretty good letter, whether it's to the captain of an ark, or a Creek sachem, or a Natchitoches settler, or a soldier at Fort Stoddert.

Let me help you in, ma'am." He handed her to her seat with the sure lightness and the woodsman's grace which was part of his charm, then gave her order to Gabriel.

The coach turned and went back through the Main Street, and so on, in the yellow afternoon, to the Three-Notched Road.

As she passed again the green door, Mrs.Selden looked out, but the door was fast and the shutters closed behind the blush roses.