"I know I'm very limited.

But it's a mistake to expect too much from life, believe me.

Ask but little, and perhaps--if you're lucky--you won't be disappointed." "I would rather have nothing than that," she said quickly.
Hugh Chesyl turned and regarded her curiously.

"Would you really ?" he said.
She nodded several times emphatically.

"Yes; just live my own life out-of-doors and do without everything else." She pulled a long stalk of corn from the sheaf against which she rested and looked at it thoughtfully.