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For she was obviously in her right and natural setting, a creature of the wilds, a gipsy in her own home. FOR SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY IN HER RIGHT AND NATURAL SETTING A CREATURE OF THE WILDS A GIPSY IN HER OWN HOME
ness for the moment and that she was happy even with the detail. Mrs. Maloney at home, knitting in the sun and believing that the world was made in six days, was one woman; but Mrs. Maloney, standing with bare arms over the smoke of a wood fire under the pine trees, was another; and Peter Sangree, the Canadian pupil, with his pale skin, and his loose, though not ungainly figure, stood beside her in very unfavourable contrast as he scraped potatoes and sliced bacon with slender white fingers that seemed better suited to hold a pen than a knife. She ordered him about like a slave, and he obeyed, too, with willing pleasure, for in spite of his general appearance of debility he was as happy to be in camp as any of them. But more than any other member of the party, Joan Maloney, the daughter, was the one who seemed a natural and genuine part of the landscape, who belonged to it all just in the same way that the trees and the moss and the grey rocks running out into the water belonged to it. R HEART WAS IN THE BUSINESS FOR THE MOMENT AND THAT SHE WAS HAPPY EVEN WITH THE DETAIL MISSUS MALONEY AT HOME KNITTING IN THE SUN AND BELIEVING THAT THE WORLD WAS MADE IN SIX DAYS WAS ONE WOMAN BUT MISSUS MALONEY STANDING WITH BARE ARMS OVER THE SMOKE OF A WOOD FIRE UNDER THE PINE TREES WAS ANOTHER AND PETER SANGREE THE CANADIAN PUPIL WITH HIS PALE SKIN AND HIS LOOSE THOUGH NOT UNGAINLY FIGURE STOOD BESIDE HER IN VERY UNFAVORABLE CONTRAST AS HE SCRAPED POTATOES AND SLICED BACON WITH SLENDER WHITE FINGERS THAT SEEMED BETTER SUITED TO HOLD A PEN THAN A KNIFE SHE ORDERED HIM ABOUT LIKE A SLAVE AND HE OBEYED TOO WITH WILLING PLEASURE FOR IN SPITE OF HIS GENERAL APPEARANCE OF DEBILITY HE WAS HAPPY TO BE IN CAMP AS ANY OF THEM BUT MORE THAN ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PARTY JOAN MALONEY THE DAUGHTER WAS THE ONE WHO SEEMED A NATURAL AND GENUINE PART OF THE LANDSCAPE WHO BELONGED TO IT ALL JUST IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE TREES AND THE MOSS AND THE GREY ROCKS RUNNING OUT INTO THE WATER BELONGED TO IT
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