"I can't rest,
somehow, as long as those gentlemen are camping down in the
orchard. You won't mind, will you?" Which shows that the hour
had not been spent in quarreling, at all events.
"Certainly not," Evadna replied calmly. "Because I'm going with
you. Oh, you needn't get ready to shake your head! I'm going to
help you, from now on, and talk law and give advice and 'scout
around,' as you call it. I couldn't be easy a minute, with old
Hagar on the warpath the way she is. I'd imagine all sorts of
things."
"You don't realize how hot it is," he discouraged.
"I can stand it if you can. And I haven't seen Georgie for DAYS.
She must get horribly lonesome, and it's a perfect SHAME that I
haven't been up there lately. I'm sure she wouldn't treat ME
that way." Evadna had put on her angelic expression. "I WOULD
go oftener," she declared virtuously, "only you boys always go
off without saying anything about it, and I'm silly about riding
past that Indian camp alone.
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