"Reckon people round here ask for what they want." Carley made no further comment.

She assuredly recognized that what she had been accustomed to could not be expected out here.

What she most wished to do at the moment was to get close to the big open grate where a cheery red-and-gold fire cracked.

It was necessary, however, to follow the clerk.

He assigned her to a small drab room which contained a bed, a bureau, and a stationary washstand with one spigot.