"So she stood by you, did she?" queried he with quick understanding.
"Yes."
"'Twas like her."
"It was like both of you."
The old man raised a hand in protest against the gratitude the remark implied.
"Delight ain't often wrong; she's a fair dealer." Then he added significantly, "Them as ain't fair with her deserve no salvation."
"Hanging would be too good for the man who was not square with a girl like that," came from Robert Morton with an emphasis unmistakable in its sincerity.