Columbine did not leave her room any more that day.

What she suffered there she did not want any one to know.

What it cost her to conquer herself again she had only a faint conception of.

She did conquer, however, and that night made up the sleep she had lost the night before.
Strangely enough, she did not feel afraid to face the rancher and his son.

Recent happenings had not only changed her, but had seemed to give her strength.