She did not blame him a great deal--after she had thought it over. He
had done the manly thing, she divined, in not taking advantage of the
situation, and she believed she loved him more than ever because of his
attitude. But she felt that she had lost something, and the second day
had gone before she succeeded in resigning herself to the new state of
affairs.
Nothing happened. Dale did not come near the ranchhouse. Mary rode
over to the Nyland ranch and had a long talk with Peggy, and Peggy told
her that she had not seen Dale.
Ben Nyland had driven the Double A cattle over to their own range, and
so far as he was concerned the incident with Dale was closed. But,
Peggy told Mary, Ben was bitterly resentful, and had sworn that if Dale
bothered Peggy any more he would kill him.
Mary, however, was not greatly interested in Peggy's recital. She sat
on a chair in the kitchen of the Nyland cabin, listening to Peggy, but
making no replies. And it was not until she was ready to go that Mary
revealed the real reason for her visit--and then she did not reveal it
to Peggy, but to her own heart.
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