You should know
Marian well enough to know that."
"Well, ye ought to know yourself well enough to know that they
ain't anybody else around these diggin's that Marian Thorne's
going to get," said Katy.
"I imagine Marian will get pretty much whom she wants," said
Linda laughingly. "In your heart, Katy, you know that Marian
need not have lost John Gilman if she had not deliberately let
him go. If she had been willing to meet Eileen on her own ground
and to play the game with her, it wouldn't have happened. Marian
has more brains in a minute than Eileen has in a month."
When Linda drew back the portiere and stepped into the living
room Eugene Snow rose to meet her. What either of them expected
it might be difficult to explain. Knowing so little of each
other, it is very possible that they had no visualizations. What
Snow saw was what everyone saw who looked at Linda--a girl
arrestingly unusual. With Linda lay the advantage by far, since
she had Marian's letters for a background. What she saw was a
tall man, slender, and about him there was to Linda a strong
appeal. As she looked into his eyes, she could feel the double
hurt that Fate had dealt him. She thought she could fathom the
fineness in his nature that had led him to made home-building his
chosen occupation. Instantly she liked him. With only one look
deep into his eyes she was on his side. She stretched out both
her hands and advanced.
"Now isn't this the finest thing of you?" she said.
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