Not that Molly seemed over-much to notice or encourage him.

Only, woman fashion, she ill liked to send away any attentive male.

Just now she was uneasy.

She guessed that if it were not for the presence of her brother Jed near by this man would declare himself unmistakably.
If the safety of numbers made her main concern, perhaps that was what made Molly Wingate's eye light up when she heard the hoofs of Will Banion's horse splashing in the little stream.

She sprang to her feet, waving a hand gayly.
"Oh, so there you are!" she exclaimed.