the morning."

He looked up at her from under the brim of his hat. "D'you reckon
you could find that goat-ranch by star-light, miss?"

The woman was silent.

"'Ain't you just about caught up on traveling, for one day?" he
asked. "I reckon you need a good rest about as much as anybody I
ever saw. You can have my blanket, you know."

The prospect was unwelcome, yet she reluctantly agreed. "Perhaps--
Then in the morning--"

Law shook his head. "I can't loan you my horse, miss. I've got to
stay right here."

"But Balli's boy could bring him back."

"I got to meet a man."

"Here?"

"Yes'm."

"When will he come?"

"He'd ought to be here at early dark to-morrow evening." Heedless
of her dismay, he continued, "Yes'm, about sundown."