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OW long they remained there neither knew. For the moment time had ceased to be. There was a strange kinship between them despite their difference in race and color.

But at last Samuel Gage returned from his walk about the unkempt garden. He had stayed away long enough, he supposed, for them to talk awhile together. Linda and Jethro had both been hit by the War. They both were in sympathy with the soil. They both liked simple things.

"'Ow'd you like to take a walk about the place," suggested Samuel Gage, "look over the fields and get some idea o' the size o' the farm." Then turning to Linda, he said, "Jethro Trent is a man to be trusted. 'E can 'elp you."