Past that, I dare not think." The Harvester sat on the log and studied the lines.

She would not come that day or the next.

After a long time he put the note in his pocket, wrote an answer telling her he had been there, and would come on the following day on the chance of her wanting anything he could do, and the next he would bring the ginseng money, so she must be sure to meet him.
Then he went back to the wagon, turned Betsy, and drove around the Jameson land watching closely.

There were several vehicles in the barn lot, and a couple of men sitting under the trees of the door yard.

Faded bedding hung on the line and women moved through the rooms, but he could not see the Girl.