She might have thought that she was twenty-seven, and asked herself how long was it likely to be before a prince came across those dreary fields to the thatched parsonage, seeking her.
But her heart was full of the man she loved, and she thought only that her father did him bitter injustice.
She shivered and lifted her face.

"Good-bye, papa," she said coldly.
He kissed her on the cheek, and took a step to follow her to the door; but thought better of it and returned to the window.

He heard the door close upon her, and five minutes later saw her whisked away in the gig by Dick Ellison's side..