Then Hector moved away, stepping proudly.
Jeff was already in the saddle. "Good-bye!" said Doris, looking back to him.
"Don't forget to come and see us!" She was gone. Hugh Chesyl turned with the sun-rays dazzling him, and groped for his gun. He found it, shouldered it, and strode away down the woodland path.
His face as he went was the face of a man suddenly awakened to the stress and the turmoil of life..