All the same, it is my duty to guard her from a possible mistake." "Very well; I'll make matters as plain as I can.

To begin with, I haven't much money, and although I'm building a good homestead, a Western farm is very different from the Scar.

There's none of the refinement you have round you; a man must work from sunrise until it's dark, and there are many demands upon a woman.

For all that, I can guard against Helen suffering actual hardship.

In fact, she shall suffer nothing I can save her from.