When the low, slanting, wide-eaved roof was completed Carley lost further concern about rainstorms.

Let them come.

When the plumbing was all in and Carley saw verification of Hoyle's assurance that it would mean a gravity supply of water ample and continual, she lost her last concern as to the practicability of the work.

That, and the earning of her endurance, seemed to bring closer a wonderful reward, still nameless and spiritual, that had been unattainable, but now breathed to her on the fragrant desert wind and in the brooding silence.
The time came when each afternoon's ride or climb called to Carley with increasing delight.

But the fact that she must soon reveal to Glenn her presence and transformation did not seem to be all the cause.