However, her attorney's inexplicable change of front and his
stubborn opposition to her wishes prevented her from confiding in
him any more than was necessary, and she returned to Las Palmas
determined to use her own best judgment. To be sure, she would
have preferred some place of refuge other than La Feria, but she
reasoned that there she would at least be undisturbed, and that
Ed, even if he wished to effect a reconciliation, would not dare
to follow her, since he was persona non grata in Federal Mexico.
Nor were her doubts of Ellsworth's loyalty entirely allayed. All
in all, therefore, it seemed to her that the Mexican ranch offered
her the safest asylum.
She had counted upon seeing Dave during her stay in Brownsville,
and her failure to do so was a grave disappointment. The news of
his resignation from the Force had at first perplexed her; then
she had thrilled at the thought that his action must have
something to do with her; that doubtless he, too, was busied in
making plans for their new life. She told herself that it was
brave of him to obey her injunctions so literally and to leave her
unembarrassed by his presence at this particular time.
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