He was convinced that she did not care for
him, and that she had read of his death with a sense of relief. He
would make a new life for himself, and forget her.
He continued his journey to the Cape, and once there he soon gained
for himself an excellent position. The colony was young, engineers
were welcome, and Charles knew his business. He found the life
interesting and exciting. The rough, dangerous up-country work
suited him, and the time passed swiftly.
But in thinking he would forget Mivanway, he had not taken into
consideration his own character, which at bottom was a very
gentlemanly character. Out on the lonely veldt he found himself
dreaming of her. The memory of her pretty face and merry laugh
came back to him at all hours. Occasionally he would curse her
roundly, but that only meant that he was sore because of the
thought of her; what he was really cursing was himself and his own
folly. Softened by the distance, her quick temper, her very
petulance became mere added graces; and if we consider women as
human beings and not as angels, it was certainly a fact that he had
lost a very sweet and lovable woman.
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