Her situation was so complicated with big elements which she would have to handle that he could not foretell just what her course would be.

It was a terrific situation for a young woman, who was after all just a very young girl, to face alone.

But there was nothing for him but to wait for news from her.

And she had not said even that she would ever let him hear.
While he considered these matters he had risen and paced the room.

Once he had paused at a French window which opened upon a side veranda, and had seen below him a few yards away Joe Ellison, whose interest in his flowers had established his workday from sunrise to sunset.