A terrible picture was coming before her.
He struggled on.
"If that Annie Squires girl came out here, she'd be a lot of help.

But how can you tell whether she'd stay all winter?
That's the trouble with women folks--you can't tell what they'll do.

She wouldn't want to stay here long unless she was settled down some way, would she?
She ain't married, like you, ma'am.

She might get restless, like enough, wouldn't she ?" "I don't know," said Mary Gage, suddenly turning away.

She felt a vast cloud settling down upon her.