Hence when Mandy's shrewd and experienced head had scanned the contract and cast up the inventory of steers and horses, with pigs and poultry thrown in, and had found nothing amiss with the deal--indeed it was rather better than she had hoped--there was no holding of Cameron any longer.

Married he would be and without delay.
The only drag in the proceedings had come from the Superintendent, who, on getting wind of Cameron's purpose, had thought, by promptly promoting him from Corporal to Sergeant, to tie him more tightly to the Service and hold him, if only for a few months, "till this trouble should blow over." But Cameron knew of no trouble.

The trouble was only in the Superintendent's mind, or indeed was only a shrewd scheme to hold Cameron to his duty.

A rancher he would be, and a famous rancher's wife Mandy would make.

And as for his sister Moira, had she not highly specialized in pigs and poultry on the old home farm at the Cuagh Oir?
There was no stopping the resistless rush of his passionate purpose.
Everything combined to urge him on.