"Where is your land?"
"Right here." He waved his hand at the Flower Prairie, at the
elderberry jungle.
"Here?" she cried, leaning forward eagerly. "Do you mean it? Really?"
"Right here," he repeated, kicking the ground vigorously.
"Oh, I'm glad!" she murmured. "I'm so glad!"
"Why?"
"I was afraid--maybe my suspicions aren't true after all." She was
silent for a moment. "But I can't leave--I can't leave now!"
"Wait!" he cried, leaping toward her, but with one spring the horse was
out of reach and galloping away. Payne watched till she was out of
sight, but she did not look back.