“But anyway I should have vanished if you had been a stranger.”
“Not being one, you remained. I had no idea of such luck as this when I set out for a walk.”
Both pleasure and satisfaction sounded in his voice.
“I was just taking a little stroll myself,” said she.
CHAPTER IX
AN UNEXPECTED ALLY
“Let me take the chance first thing to apologize for my behavior the night we talked on your porch,” Steele Weir exclaimed. “Your statement of being engaged surprised me into words and conduct that has had me in an unhappy state of mind ever since. Mr. Sorenson’s talk to the crowd stirred my anger. Had I known your exact relationship to him and his son, I should have made no mistakes.”