CHAPTER XII. BRIDE AND GROOM
Though Winfield had sternly determined to go back to town the following day, he did not achieve departure until later. Ruth went to the station with him, and desolation came upon her when the train pulled out, in spite of the new happiness in her heart.
She had little time to miss him, however, for, at the end of the week, and in accordance with immemorial custom, the Unexpected happened.
She was sitting at her window one morning, trying to sew, when the village chariot stopped at the gate and a lady descended. Joe stirred lazily on the front seat, but she said, in a clear, high-pitched voice: “You needn't trouble yourself, Joe. He'll carry the things.”
She came toward the house, fanning herself with a certain stateliness, and carrying her handkerchief pr
