12/55 I suppose I might have got the road again by tryin' and fightin' the snow--but ther's some things not worth the fightin'. This was a matter of business, and, after all, ma'am, business ain't everythin', is it ?" He was evidently in some unusual mood, the mood that with certain reticent natures often compels them to make their brief confidences to utter strangers rather than impart them to those intimate friends who might remind them of their weakness. She agreed with him pleasantly, but not so obviously as to excite suspicion. "And you preferred to let your business go, and come back to the comfort of your own home and family." "The comfort of my home and family ?" he repeated in a dry, deliberate voice. "Well, I reckon I ain't been tempted much by THAT. |