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 She must share him with her rival—and he called her "Nan." Edith's heart lay heavier in her breast than before but she answered bravely:

"Yes; that will be nice."

The knowledge that she would see him again shortly was something to which to look forward and, deep down, there was always the hope that in some way he might come back to her. All that day as she searched the arroyos and the thickets for the missing cattle, the thought of her mother's foolish love-charm returned persistently until a half-formed purpose grew in her mind to try on Ben the charm of the heart of the wild dove which, if it did no good, at least would do no harm.