She would not hurt him by going off and leaving him alone, even if she had not wanted to be with him and to watch the effect that Mexican picture would have upon him.

Lite believed Art Osgood was in the Klondyke.
She would wait and see what he believed after he had seen that Nogales picture.
She waited.

She had missed Lite in the last day or so; she had seemed almost as far away from him as from the Lazy A.

But all the while she talked to him in whispers when he had wanted to discuss the Jean picture, she was waiting, just waiting, for that Nogales picture.
When it came at last, Jean turned her head and watched Lite.

And Lite gave a real start and said something under his breath, and plucked at her sleeve afterwards to attract her attention.
"Look--quick! That fellow standing there with his arms folded.