Miss McDonald glanced back toward him once almost shyly, but the other never turned her head.

The carriage drove away toward the stables.

Feeling as though he had looked upon a ghost, Hamlin turned to enter the barracks.

An infantry soldier leaned negligently in the doorway smoking.
"You 're the sergeant who saved that girl down the trail, ain't yer ?" he asked indolently.

"Thought so; I was one o' Gaskins' men." Hamlin accepted the hand thrust forth, but with mind elsewhere.
"Do you happen to know who that was with Miss McDonald ?" he asked.
"Did n't see 'em, only their backs as they went in--nice lookin' blonde ?" "Yes, rather tall, with very light hair." "Oh, that's Mrs.Dupont." "Mrs.Dupont ?" the name evidently a surprise; "wife of one of the officers ?" "No, she 's no army dame.