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As I followed the others into the house I told myself: Patience Soon you shall have him Soon everyone will know of your love

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August and I stayed teeks at Grant's Hill I waited for Robbie to return, listening constantly for the sound of his arrival; but as the days passed and he did not coan to lose ust and Cathy were so content with I could not concentrate on sewing or knitting; I did not want to write letters I played on the pianoforte and sang, walked in the garden and down the lanes between the fields, to the swa the banks of the creek

Cathy noticed h of course not the extent of my attachment She asked if I had had a letter froine who she"No, Cathy dear; we have not written to each other since before Christht that you were so fond of hiirl there at the fort and of course it was much more convenient"

"Oh, Jessie!" she said, her face a picture of concern, laying her work in her lap and looking at me

I laughed "No need to take on so, Cathy!" I said "I aht hiain "I suppose not," she said

"It was good of you to take me with you to Fort Christopher," I said "It was a pleasant diversion for me"

She did not answer Her face was as serene as ever I wondered if, in her happiness with John and the expected child, she had forgotten about Freddie Ashford I hoped that she had

Kevin came back after a week; Robbie was not with him It was difficult for me to conceal my disappointment; I hoped that I was successful I watched for an opportunity to speak with hi, I confronted him

"Why has Robbie not coar He blew the sone to the back country"

I felt as if I had been hit in the belly with a basket of rice "The back country? So soon?"