"No! No matter what happens, I don't feel I've been cheated."
"Is that true?"
He looked at her steadfastly and replied: "It is."
"Where is your land?"
"Right here." He waved his hand at the Flower Prairie, at the elderberry jungle.
"Here?" she cried, leaning forward eagerly. "Do you mean it? Really?"
"Right here," he repeated, kicking the ground vigorously.
"Oh, I'm glad!" she murmured. "I'm so glad!"
"Why?"
"I was afraid—maybe my suspicions aren't true after all." She was silent for a moment. "But I can't leave—I can't leave now!"