? ? ? ? It was agreed that on the morrow Canler was to drive to town and bring back the license and a minister.
? ? ? ? Clayton had wanted to leave as soon as the plan was announced, but the girl's tired, hopeless look kept him. He could not desert her.
? ? ? ? Something might happen yet, he tried to console himself by thinking. And in his heart, he knew that it would require but a tiny spark to turn his hatred for Canler into the blood lust of the killer.
? ? ? ? Early the next morning Canler set out for town.
? ? ? ? In the east smoke could be seen lying low over the forest, for a fire had been raging for a week not far from them, but the wind still lay in the west and no danger threatened them.
? ? ? ? About noon Jane started off for a walk. She would not let Clayton accompany her. She wanted to be alone, she said, and he respected her wishes.
? ? ? ? In the house Professor Porter and Mr.
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