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Chapter 60

           SherememberedhowRhetthadalwaysbeenabletolaughheroutofherfears.Sherememberedthecomfortofhisbroadbrownchestandhisstrongarms.Andsosheturnedtohimwitheyesthatreallysawhimforthefirsttimeinweeks.Andthechangeshesawshockedher.Thismanwasnotgoingtolaugh,norwashegoingtocomforther.

           ForsometimeafterBonnie’sdeathshehadbeentooangrywithhim,toopreoccupiedwithherowngrieftodomorethanspeakpolitelyinfrontoftheservants.ShehadbeentoobusyrememberingtheswiftrunningpatterofBonnie’sfeetandherbubblinglaughtothinkthathe,too,mightberememberingandwithpainevengreaterthanherown.Throughouttheseweekstheyhadmetandspokenascourteouslyasstrangersmeetingintheimpersonalwallsofahotel,sharingthesameroof,thesametable,butneversharingthethoughtsofeachother.

           Nowthatshewasfrightenedandlonely,shewouldhavebrokenthroughthisbarrierifshecould,butshefoundthathewasholdingheratarm’slength,asthoughhewishedtohavenowordswithherthatwentbeneaththesurface.NowthatherangerwasfadingshewantedtotellhimthatsheheldhimguiltlessofBonnie’sdeath.Shewantedtocryinhisarmsandsaythatshe,too,hadbeenoverlyproudofthechild’shorsemanship,overlyindulgenttoherwheedlings.Nowshewouldwillinglyhavehumbledherselfandadmittedthatshehadonlyhurledthataccusationathimoutofhermisery,hopingbyhurtinghimtoalleviateherownhurt.Butthereneverseemedanopportunemoment.

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