He stopped his horse and waved his hand toward her.
A moment later he began calling, not Lina's name as she expected, but Jeanette's.
Soon after Jeanette ran downstairs and they stood talking together.
A few moments after, still waiting for her husband and watching idly from her window, Mrs. Colter saw Cecil and Jeanette start off together in the direction of the big house. Cecil was leading his horse.
As always, apparently they were in the midst of a heated discussion.
CHAPTER XIV
NEW FRIENDS
"I should so much have preferred Lina, I cannot understand mother."
Cecil Perry and Jeanette were walking along the path that led from the lodge to the larger house.
An instant Jeanette paused.