Young Winton had done with life and the troubles living brings.
[1] The Queen.
[2] See Glossary.
PART II
THE HEART'S GRIEF
CHAPTER I
THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
The presence of death, which casts so powerful a shadow of sorrow, and imposes so profound a silence, brooded along the smiling shores of the Saskatchewan. In the fort on the cliff summit, Justin had prepared food, and the two men had eaten, then sought sleep for a few hours. About mid-day the Factor appeared outside, swinging the store key, while Lamont stirred himself and began to chop tobacco in the outer office.