He had been a poor man when he boarded the stage for Sanderson, on his way out of Texas forever.
Not long afterward I heard Steele talking to Miss Sampson, in a deep and agitated voice.

"You must rise above this.

When I come upon you alone I see the shadow, the pain in your face.

How wonderfully this thing has turned out when it might have ruined you! I expected it to ruin you.
Who, but that wild boy in there could have saved us all?
Diane, you have had cause for sorrow.

But your father is alive and will live it down.
Perhaps, back there in Louisiana, the dishonor will never be known.
Pecos County is far from your old home.