Flora smiled and drove away shortly afterward, considering what he had said. She had noticed a trace of confusion in his manner and it struck her as significant.
When the buggy had grown small in the distance, Edgar called to
Grierson and they went on again.
CHAPTER XXIV
GEORGE FEELS GRATEFUL
When George returned from Winnipeg, Edgar took him to the granary.
"You may as well look at the seed Grant sent you, and then you'll be able to thank him for it," he said. "It's in here; I turned out the common northern stuff you bought to make room."
"Why didn't you put it into the empty place in the barn?" George asked.
"I wasn't sure it would go in; there's rather a lot of it," Edgar explained, with a smile.
George entered the granary and stopped, astonished, when he saw the great pile of bags.
"Is all of that the new seed?" he asked incredulously.