Radiantly she told him, "And, now, somehow, I know that Love will let me be all yours some day."
Young turned swiftly, and going to the door, swung out without another word, and Tess hurried upstairs to Boy.
CHAPTER XLIII
Sandy's Job
Tessibel Skinner's flight left Ebenezer Waldstricker and Graves together on the ragged rocks. The bigger man turned and surveyed the other, scorn, anger and disgust struggling for expression in his face. The latter, paying no apparent attention to the enraged elder, leaned against an outcropping gray rock and fixed his gaze on the lake, noting mechanically the play of sunshine and shadow upon its dazzling bosom.
Through the elder's seething mind thoughts tumbled tumultuously. Could this moody, pale-faced man be the same nice young fellow that had married Madelene? How had he dared to marry her, and having done so, what had compelled him, after all this time, to acknowledge the Skinner brat?
He walked forward a step or two, coughed and began to speak. Frederick seemed not to hear him.
"I said," repeated Waldstricker, "I've discovered what I've suspected for four years."