20/22 There was no longer any doubt in her mind that Weston who had turned his back on Scarthwaite was identical with Weston the camp-packer. It's a thing of which you probably have never heard." "I have," said Ida. "Won't you go on ?" "Well," continued Ainslie, "there was a tenant on this estate who was rather more badly off than the rest of them. He had a piece of upland with rock under it, and in a dry season--though we don't often get one--it was with the greatest trouble he got water enough for his stock. He asked young Weston to find him a likely spot to drive a well. |