“You shall have news of the ranch,” he said. “When the lemons come into bearing, you shall know.”
She smiled her thanks, and turning to Jesse, she asked whether she could do anything for him in England.
“Yes,” he said sadly, “kiss the dear ground for me.” And he added more cheerfully: “And send me an illustrated paper sometimes.”
“And for you?” she asked of Ben, hesitatingly.
“Kiss the dear ground for me, too,” he answered.
And this time he held out his hand to her, and she grasped it.
Then the train moved off.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.