In truth, Westcott had had an uncomfortable time during the week that followed the drowning.

There had been much shaking of the head about little Katy's death.

People who are not at all heroic like to have other people do sublime things, and there were few who did not think that Westcott should have drowned with Katy, like the hero of a romance.
People could not forgive him for spoiling a good story.

So Smith got the cold shoulder, and might have left the Territory, but that his land-warrant had not come.

He ceased to dance and to appear cheerful, and his he! he! took on a sneering inflection.