And in the end of that ardent interview Jim Galloway's caution was
still with him, his knowledge of the girl's nature clear in his mind.
He did not ask her answer; he merely sought a third opportunity to
speak with her, suggesting that upon the next night she slip out and
meet him. He would have a horse for her, one for himself; they could
ride for a half-hour. He had so much to tell her.
Perhaps a much more important factor than she realized in her action
was Florrie's new riding-habit. It had been acquired but three days
before and she knew very well just how she looked in it. There would
be a moon, almost at the full. The full moon and the new riding-habit
were the allies given by fate to Jim Galloway.
Besides all of this, she had not seen Elmer Page for a month. Further,
she knew that Elmer had gone riding upon at least one occasion with a
girl of Las Palmas, Superintendent Kemble's daughter. And finally,
there lies much rich adventure in just doing that which we know we
should leave alone. So Florrie, while her mother and father thought
that she had gone early to bed, was on her way to meet Galloway.
They rode out of the cottonwood fringed arroyo just before moonrise,
circling the town, Florrie scarcely marking whether they rode north or
south.
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