But why should he yell that he knew I wanted to see Wilson ?...

I did _not!_ I _do_ not....

Oh, but I do, I do!" And then Columbine was to learn straightway that she would forget herself again, that she had forgotten, and that a sadder, stranger truth was dawning upon her--she was discovering another Columbine within herself, a wilful, passionate, different creature who would no longer be denied.
Almost before Columbine realized that she had started upon the visit she was within sight of the Andrews ranch.

So swiftly had she walked! It behooved her to hide such excitement as had dominated her.

And to that end she slowed her pace, trying to put her mind on other matters.
The children saw her first and rushed upon her, so that when she reached the cabin door she could not well have been otherwise than rosy and smiling.