"No, and I don't expect to change it. I don't know how long I'll be here." He strode up and down the room. "But I'll stick it out," he added, talking to himself. "It's got to be done, no matter what comes."
"Yes, stick it out," said the hired man. "You've got too good a hold to turn loose now. The fellers around have begun to praise you. They say you are goin' to make a go of it."
"A go of what?"
"I don't know, but that's what they said."
"Bob, do you remember my telling you not long ago that I once jumped on a horse and galloped away from a girl.''
"Yes, and I thought of how different your case was from mine. Girl galloped away from me. But what about it?"
"That woman is over at Mrs. Stuvic's now."
"You don't mean the same woman?"
"Yes, I do; the very same woman—a Norwegian."
"Did she say she was the same?"