Dan, she has to go with me back to the cabin!" At that she saw him start again, and his hand went out with a swift, subtle gesture towards Joan.
"Let me have her! I have to have her! She's mine!" Then more gently: "You can come to see her whenever you will.

And, finally pray God you will come and stay with us always." He had stepped to Joan while she spoke, and his hands made a quick movement of cherishing about her golden head, without touching it.

For the first and the last time in her life, she saw something akin to fear in his eyes.
"Kate, I can't come back.

I got things to do--out here!" "Then let me take her." She watched the wavering in him.
"Things would be kind of empty if she was gone, Kate." "Why ?" she asked bitterly.

"You say you have your work to do--out here ?" He considered this gravely.
"I dunno.