Mrs. Webster had gone to her tent. But the girls and Mrs. Burton received his farewell in tears. Ralph Marshall felt that he would like to have relieved himself of his own emotion by using language which was not permitted at Sunrise camp.
Before he was to return to his hotel, however, in order to attend to some business for Mrs. Burton, in connection with Billy’s arrest, Peggy Webster came to him.
“I just wanted to thank you,” she said quietly.
“‘I Just Wanted to Thank You,’ She Said.”
But she held out her hand and, as Ralph took it, he felt the clasp had its old, warm friendliness.
CHAPTER XX
The Grand Canyon
“I would give a great deal to be going down into the Grand Canyon with you today, Miss Ellen.”
Ellen Deal looked closely at her companion.
“I don’t think you ought to wish for anything these days, because so much that is good has already come to you.”