CHAPTER V.
AN INVITATION TO DINE.
Lunch was not long in preparing, for the rice had been on the fire when Colina first appeared.

The young man set forth the meal as temptingly as he could on a flat rock, and at the risk of breaking his sinews carried another rock for Colina to sit upon.

His apologies for the discrepancies in the service disarmed Colina again.
"I am no fine lady," she said.

"I know what it is to live out." Colina was hungry and the food good.

A good understanding rapidly established itself between them.