And this keeping company with the stars, and the memory of a delightful walk, were so much better than the commonplace Flat Creek life that he threw himself into his night excursion with enthusiasm.
At last he stood in the little hollow where he had joined Hannah.

It was the very spot at which Shocky, too, had met him a few mornings before.
He leaned against the fence and tried again to solve the puzzle of Hannah's troubles.

For that she had troubles he did not doubt.

Neither did he doubt that he could help her if he could discover what they were.

But he had no clue.