She showed Sadie the house, and while there was much the latter admired, she made, from her larger knowledge of the plains, a number of suggestions that Helen thought useful.

By and by Bob returned with Festing for supper, and stopped for another hour.

When he and Sadie had gone Festing frowned as he glanced at his watch.
"It's too late to finish the job I wanted to do tonight," he said, and indicated the dark figures of a man and horses silhouetted against the sunset on the crest of the rise.

"There's Jules coming home.

He couldn't get on without me." Helen pretended not to notice his annoyance.