But she could not support his glance. She all but stamped her foot as
she said: "Didn't you hear me?"

With a visible effort the young man collected his wits, and with
unsmiling face started to climb toward Colina. The dog, making to
follow him, he spoke a word of command and it returned to the boat.
Face to face with him Colina felt as if his glowing dark eyes were
burning holes in her.

"Where is he?" he asked soberly.

Colina merely pointed across the bottoms where Ginger could be seen
still busy with the grass.

"I'll bring him to you," he said coolly, and started off.

His assurance exasperated Colina. "It isn't as easy as you think," she
said haughtily, "or I shouldn't have asked for help!"

He turned his head, his face suddenly breaking into a beaming smile.
"I know horses," he said.

Colina was furious. He made her feel like a little girl. She bit her
lips to keep in the undignified answer that sprang to them. Inside her
she said it: "Smarty! I shall laugh when he leads you a chase!" She
sat down in the grass under a poplar-tree, prepared to enjoy the circus
from afar.

There was none. Ginger having tired of his waywardness, perhaps, or