"Anyway, I have to thank you for putting me on the track, and I'm not going to forget it. Now I have several matters to fix up before I start for the Grange."
She touched the horse with the whip and he stepped back.
"Good luck!" she called. "You deserve it!"
CHAPTER XXIV
A GREAT TRIUMPH
It was getting dark when Brand reached the Grange. He found Beatrice in the hall, for she had not heard his arrival in time to get away. She met him calmly, but after a word of greeting she did not speak, and he hesitated.
"Well," he said with an effort, "I have come for your answer."
"Isn't it too soon?" she asked. "You haven't carried out your part of the bargain yet."
Brand frowned in embarrassment.
"You are very bitter; but I dare say it must be hard for you to see my conduct in a favorable light."