Well, I still owned it.
"Of course," continued Dorinda, "I didn't tell him you was figgerin' not to sell the land at all.

If I had, I s'pose he'd have thought--" She stopped short.
"You suppose what ?" I asked.
"Oh, nothin'." She had said enough.

I could guess the rest.

I walked to the window and stood, looking out.

The clouds were breaking and, as I stood there, a ray of sunlight streamed through a rift and struck the bay just at the spot where the dingy had grounded.