He was quick to find it out and wily enough to feign it when in reality his heart was as light and buoyant as a feather.
Save for the call of the horn beneath the willow, the girl was as free to come and go as an oriole in the orchard; for that he was grateful.

But whether Adam Craig's attitude was one of trust or cold indifference, he could not fathom.

With Hughie and Hannah it was different.

They loved Joan and trusted him.

That trust, he resolved, should not be futile.