I have told them that before daylight I go to the next farm.
I will write from the town and tell them the facts.

I do not want them to trouble me; I want to shake myself free of these old surroundings; I want them to lose sight of me.

You can understand that is necessary for me." He seemed lost in consideration; then he said: "It is better to have you on those conditions than not at all.

If you will have it, let it be so." He sat looking at her.

On her face was the weary look that rested there so often now when she sat alone.