Alloway wouldn't give me the benefit of any doubts.

Buck, a last word--look out fer thet Bland woman!" Duane merely nodded, and then, saying that the horses were ready, he strode away through the grove.

Accounting for the short cut across grove and field, it was about five minutes' walk up to Bland's house.

To Duane it seemed long in time and distance, and he had difficulty in restraining his pace.

As he walked there came a gradual and subtle change in his feelings.