Just as sure as the harvest follows the sowing, it will wake up suddenly to the fact that it is hungry.

They are buying cotton and scattering their money in other nation's bonds in the old country now, for they and the rest of Europe forget their necessities at times, but is it impossible to picture them finding their granaries empty and clamoring for bread ?" It was a crucial test of faith, and the man knew it, as the woman did.
He stood alone, with the opinions of the multitude against him, but there was, Maud Barrington felt, a great if undefinable difference between his quiet resolution and the gambler's recklessness.

Once more the boldness of his venture stirred her, and this time there was a little flash in her eyes as she bore witness to her perfect confidence.
"You shall have the land, every acre of it, to do what you like with, and I will ask no questions whether you win or lose," she said.
Then Miss Barrington glanced at him in turn.

"Lance, I have a thousand dollars I want you to turn into wheat for me." Winston's fingers trembled, and a darker hue crept into his tan.
"Madam," he said, "I can take no money from you." "You must," said the little, white-haired lady.

"For your mother's sake, Lance.