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 indoors. She was a little late, however, for seeing her expression, he glanced out just in time to hear Eletheer say, "Hold on tight," and off they sped.

"I trust she will not fall down with the little one," said Hernando.

"Eletheer fall!" and Celeste laughed a soft ripple. "She never does that, and it is impossible to lose her in these mountains. When Cornelia was not a year old, mother spied her in the very top of an apple tree sitting in Eletheer's lap."

"Mary Genung told me of their experiences after milkweed greens and wild flowers. She says your sister is absolutely fearless."

"Eletheer is our psychological problem."

Hernando looked amused and she added, "To her mind time-honored institutions are generally wrong."

"Marriage, for instance?"

"Yes. That should be a profession with preliminary examinations as to fitness."

Hernando's face became a trifle paler as he replied, "They say at birth nine-tenths of