"Yes, it's going to be just so long as you keep clear of boomers' methods. Not one of the boomers has cared a snap of his fingers for Ysleta's future. Every one has wanted all he could get, now."
"Now?" Elijah repeated.
"Yes, now; but we have to wait for things that are worth while."
"Good Heavens, Helen! Haven't I waited?"
"Wait a little longer." Her voice was eager, almost pleading.
"About the Pico ranch?"
"Just that, Elijah." Helen made no attempt to restrain the sigh of relief that escaped her.
"I can't wait, Helen. You saw where that ditch line was going. Others will see it. You saw that only a hill lay between it and Pico's ranch. Others will see it. A tunnel suggested itself to you. It will suggest itself to others. We were the first to see these things, why should we not take advantage of them?"
"But Seymour and Ralph, Elijah. It isn't fair to them."
"I have given them enough."