“I've allers wanted to go away,” she said. “I—I've allers said I would. I want to go to a city somewhar—I don't keer whar. I might git work—I've heerd of folks as did. P'r'aps some un ud hire me!”
He stared at her like a man fascinated.
“You go to the city alone!” he said under his breath. “You try to get work!”
“Yes,” she answered. “Don't ye know no one”—
He stopped her.
“No,” he said, “I don't. It would be a dangerous business unless you had friends. As for me, I shall not be in America long. As soon as I am married I go with my wife to Europe.”
He heard a sharp click in her throat. Her tears were dried, and she was looking straight at him.
“Are ye a-goin' to be married?” she asked.
“Yes.”
“To—her?” with a gesture in the direction of the Harneys' cabin.