He looked at Billy Louise and saw how the beauty of the place appealed to her, and right there he decided to study horticulture so that he could raise plums and apples and hollyhocks and things.
CHAPTER XI
WAS IT THE DOG?
"That old dame down there thinks a lot of you, William." Ward had closed the gate and was preparing to remount.
"Well, is there any reason why she shouldn't?" The tone of Billy Louise was not far from petulant.
"Not a reason. What's molla, Bill?"
"Nothing that I know of." Billy Louise lifted her eyes to the rock cabbages on the cliff above them and tried to speak convincingly.
"Yes, there is. Something's gone wrong. Can't you tell a pal, Wilhemina?"
There was no resisting that tone. Billy Louise looked at him, and though she still frowned, her eyes lightened a little.