There are men in this country who would willingly dispense with the formality of racing a horse in order to get your money." "Yes--I've discovered one informal method already.

I wish I knew how I could help YOU." "Help me--in what way ?" Marian glanced out of the window again as if that were a habit she had formed.
"I don't know.

I wish I did.

I thought perhaps you had some trouble that--My mother had the same look in her eyes when we came back to the ranch after some Indian trouble, and found the house burned and everything destroyed but the ground itself.

She didn't say anything much.