Captain Sam decided that the blush was becoming.

Also, as he walked back to the bank, he reflected that Jed Winslow's tenant was likely to have her personal history and affairs discussed whether she wished it or not.

Young women as attractive as she were bound to be discussed, especially in a community the size of Orham.

And, besides, whoever else she may have told, she certainly had told him that Middleford had formerly been her home and he had told Maud and Jed.

Of course they would say nothing if he asked them, but perhaps they had told it already.