He was somewhat at a loss to know how to deal with you.

He told me that he had some doubts about the scheme working; he said you would take it and 'blow' it in, as you said you might, but I disagreed with him.

I was convinced that you would do the right thing." "You had a lot of faith in me, didn't you ?" he said, incredulously.
"You believed in a man you'd never seen." "Your father had a picture of you," she said, looking straight at him.
"It was taken when you were fifteen, just before you left the ranch.
It showed a boy with a cynical face and brooding, challenging eyes.
But in spite of all that I thought I detected signs of promise in the face.

I was certain that if you were managed right you could be reformed." "You _were_ certain," he said significantly.

"What do you think now ?" "I haven't altered my opinion." Her gaze was steady and challenging.
"Of course," she added, blushing faintly; "I believe I was a little surprised when you came and I saw that you had grown to be a man.