He paused for a moment and glanced at the sky.
Presently he turned those grey and friendly eyes of his upon me again. They smiled very sweetly as he answered my question.
"She? Oh! She thinks as I'd like her to think."
So then I knew he must be completely under Muriel's sway. That lovely, super-civilized girl could "take him in" about her views on any subject. If she wanted him to believe that she hated town and luxury and only loved roughing it on the land, he would believe her.
He was all hers!
Suddenly chilled, and sore at heart, I got up. I took a step outside the shelter of those elms that had seen my wonderful half-hour. It was over, over. All over!
CHAPTER XXV
AFTER THE RAIN
"And the world grew green in the blue."
FOLK-SONG.
"It has stopped raining," I said. "What is the time?"