He was fine and manly as any man ever could have been." McLean lifted his hat.

"Thank you," he said simply, and parted the bushes for her to enter Freckles' room.
It was her first visit.

Before she left she sent for her cameras and made studies of each side of it and of the cathedral.

She was entranced with the delicate beauty of the place, while her eyes kept following Freckles as if she could not believe that it could be his conception and work.
That was a happy day.

The Bird Woman had brought a lunch, and they spread it, with Freckles' dinner, on the study floor and sat, resting and enjoying themselves.