Everything was so crude and barbarous--but you know the country." George merely nodded.

He had spent a few years in a wheat-growing settlement, inhabited by well-bred young Englishmen.

The colony, however, was not conducted on economic lines; and when it came to grief, George, having come into some property on the death of a relative, returned to England.
"Still," continued Sylvia, "I tried to be content, and blamed myself when I found it difficult.

There was always so much to do--cooking, washing, baking--one could seldom get any help.

I often felt worn out and longed to lie down and sleep." "I can understand that," said George, with grave sympathy.