She thought once that he must have some clairvoyant power, because whenever she felt as if her arms were breaking, Swan would tell her to stop a minute.
"How do you know a doctor will come ?" she asked Swan suddenly, when they were resting with the Thurman ranch in view half a mile below them.
Swan did not look at her directly, as had been his custom.

She saw a darker shade of red creep up into his cheeks.

"My mother says she would send a doctor quick," he replied hesitatingly.

"You will see.

It is because--your father he is not like other men in this country.