She was eager for friendship,
hungry for affection, starved for that worship which every woman
lives upon. Having a wholesome confidence in her own strength of
character, and complete faith in Law's sense of honor, she was
neither alarmed nor offended.
For the first time in years she allowed her intimate thoughts free
expression, and spoke of her hopes, her interests, and her
efforts; under the spell of the moonlight she even confided
something about those dreams that kept her company and robbed her
world of its sordidness. Dave Law discovered that she lived in a
fanciful land of unrealities, and the glimpse he gained of it was
delightful.
Supper was waiting when they arrived at Las Palmas, and Dolores
announced that "Young Ed" had telephoned from the Lewis ranch that
he would not be home. Yielding to a sudden impulse, Alaire said to
her companion:
"You must dine with me. Dolores will show you to a room. I will be
ready in half an hour."
Dave hesitated, but it was not in human nature to refuse. Later,
as he washed himself and combed his hair, he had a moment of
misgivings; but the next instant he asked himself wherein he was
doing wrong.
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