Angus grinned in the darkness. "Sure," he said, "she's a fine, strong woman."
Gus sighed.
CHAPTER XXIV
A DEMAND AND AN ANSWER
A few days after the episode with Blake, Angus busy in his workshop ironing a set of whiffletrees, had a visit from Godfrey French. French made the reason of it plain at once.
"You know," he said, "that I have offered to buy my niece's land. She doesn't want to sell, and in that I am under the impression that she is acting on your advice? Is that so?"
"At first I advised her to sell," Angus told him, "but when I thought it over it seemed to me she shouldn't be in a hurry."
French studied him for a moment. "What made you alter your advice?"
"It doesn't pay to be in too much of a hurry to sell."