What swept before his mental vision who shall know?
The history of two hundred years bound the Keiths to Elphinstone.

They had carved it from the forest and had held it against the Indian.

From there they had gone to the highest office of the State.
Love, marriage, death--all the sanctities of life--were bound up with it.

He talked it over with Gordon.
Gordon's face fell.
"Why, father, you will be nothing but an overseer." General Keith smiled.

Gordon remembered long afterwards, with shame for his Speech, how wistful that smile was.
"Yes; I shall be something more than that.