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 as if in vain search for pockets to hide in. He avoided Lydia’s eyes.

“I—I must ask after Uncle Dave,” he said in a low voice.

“Angus—” Lydia began, then abruptly said “Good night,” and hastily turned from him and disappeared into the house. Angus had awed her, impressed her. Never again would she be able to feel that his weakness might lean upon her strength, and she resented it. She was losing the stellar rôle…. Something within Lydia arose in that moment and spoke truly to her. It told her, and she knew it for fact, that Angus Burke was the stronger of the two.