She had intended to call, but something had always prevented.

As for Mr.Bryant, he seemed a very estimable young man, and good company, and an engineer of ability and will.
She continued to speculate after he and Dave had departed on the stage, with a vague sense of missing them.

That, she reasoned, was because Lee Bryant had "personality." And presently her thoughts followed him.

Lee's mind, however, was ranging back to Sarita Creek; but Dave's was loyally with the lady of Diamond Creek ranch, as was manifest when he murmured thickly, having fallen asleep during the warm ride: "No more chicken, thank you--or jelly--or apple pie.".