At the same time it was not possible to state the case clearly during one's first call on a beautiful stranger.
"His going to America was rather spirited," said the mellow voice beside him.

"I thought only Americans took their fates in their hands in that way.

For a man of his class to face a rancher's life means determination.

It means the spirit----" with a low little laugh at the leap of her imagination--"of the men who were Mount Dunstans in early days and went forth to fight for what they meant to have.

He went to fight.