“What now?”
“He has no education to speak of—nothing but a common-school education!”
“Like any number of our great men who have risen to high rank, wealth and fame in the army, navy, civil service, or learned professions.”
“Yes, but he’ll never rise above his station. He hasn’t intellect enough.”
“Neither had any of the grand, brave, simple heroes and warriors of old whose deeds stir our hearts, even now.”
“But, Wynnette, Sam Grandiere is nothing like that! He would not even understand you if you were to talk to him as you do to me. His thoughts run all on crops and cattle and——”
“Whatever is really useful and beneficial to his folks.”
“In meeting their material wants only, Wynnette. But it is vain to argue with you. If you are determined to throw yourself away on Sam Grandiere——”
“Now, Rosemary, stow that, or the fat will be in the fire!” exclaimed the girl, flushing with a blaze of short-lived anger. “I mean I cannot bear to hear you depreciate the excellence of Samuel Grandiere. He is honest, true, and tender. He is as brave as a lion, and as magnanimous as a king—ought to be!”
“Yes, I know, but——”