He went to Immy and lifted her in his arms, and kissing her, mumbling:
“Did he scare you?”
She nodded, almost more afraid of her father than of Jud.
“He won’t scare you again. He’s gone now.”
“Far?”
“Far.”
“I’m glad! I was hiding behind the big rose bush and he grabbed me like a big bear would; and he runned off with me. I’m glad he’s gone.”
She laughed, but her father set his palm across her mouth quickly and hugged her to his heart so hard that she cried out.
He made her promise that she would say nothing also of this and when she asked him why Jud wouldn’t let her alone, he said:
“He will now. But if you tell anybody he will come back for you.”