f I threw out any delicate
suggestions, they'd probably be wasted. You saw a good deal of Flora
Grant, and if you had any sense you would have recognized what kind of
girl she is."

"Miss Grant doesn't need your praise."

"I'm glad you admit it; appreciation's sometimes mutual. Now I can't
undertake to say what Flora implied from your visits, but I've no doubt
about what her father expected."

The blood crept into George's face as he remembered Grant's manner
during their last interview.

"I did nothing that could have led him to believe--"

"Oh, no!" said Edgar. "You behaved with the greatest prudence; perhaps
frigid insensibility would describe it better. Of course this is a
deplorable intrusion, but I feel I must point out that it may not be
too late yet."

"I've felt greatly tempted to buy Sylvia's farm," George said
thoughtfully.

"That's good news. If you're wise, you'll consider what I've said."

George did so after Edgar's departure, though the idea was not new to
him. He had long been sensible of Flora's charm, and had now and then
felt in Canada that it would not be difficult to love her. Since he
had learned the truth about Sylvia, Flora had occupied a prominent
place in his mind. By degrees a desire for her had grown stronger; he
had seen how admirable in many ways she was, how staunch and fearless
and upright. Still, he feared to go back; she was proud and might
scorn his tardy affection. He grew disturbed and occasionally moody,
and then one day a cablegram was delivered to him.

"Believe you had better come back," it read, and was signed by Helen
Taunton.

George understood what it was intended to convey, and before night he
had arranged to purchase Sylvia's farm.

Three days later he was crossing the Atlantic with an eager and
thankful heart.

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