He said nothing to Edith about it at first, he had William saddled and went for a ride to try to determine what he should do.
But it was a ticklish business.

For women were queer and touchy, and once more he felt the working of those uncanny family ties.
"Deborah," he reflected, "is coming up here because she feels it's selfish of her to stay away.

If she marries at once, as she told me herself, she thinks Edith will be hurt.

Edith won't be hurt--and if Deborah comes, there'll be trouble every minute she stays.

But can I tell her so?
Not at all.