Though this was nipped in the bud as Mrs.
Steele entered the tent, it caused her to reproach herself more bitterly than before.

She promptly took Whitey under her wing and told him that, crowded as the ranch house was, a place there should be found for him to sleep.
Whitey was greatly taken aback.

Of course he didn't want to go.

He thought it made him look foolish in the eyes of the men, and it did.

He thought he might get out of it by explaining to Mrs.Steele, and he didn't.