"I'd have to take the works with me."
"But you said you'd do it." She glanced at him as though confidence were shattered.
"Then I will, if it's humanly possible."
"It will be about a hundred miles down the lake, near Manitoulin
Island. Father knows."
"I'm glad father knows," he smiled.
The girl walked slowly back with the feeling that she had seen further into the heart of this remarkable man than ever before. Opposite the blockhouse, at which she looked with a strange sensation, she met Belding, swinging in from the far corner of the works with a transit over his shoulder. She seemed thoughtful and distrait, and he glanced at her puzzled.
"Been exploring? I didn't know you were coming up."
"I didn't know either," she said a little nervously. "Will you come back to lunch?"
"Sorry, I'm too busy. Where have you been?"
"Over at the rapids. And, Jim, see what Mr. Clark gave me."