Corral Nocturne
“Any feeling of constraint long since broken, Ellie and Cole laughed and talked together animatedly all the way. They talked of the friends they had met at the picnic, and Cole told her more of the people on Catlin Creek whom she had not seen in so long; and from there progressed to telling her a little about himself and his own family. The chestnuts behaved, the evening breeze swept invigoratingly across them, and the trip seemed so much shorter than the one earlier in the day; too short, almos...t, for they were enjoying themselves.
As they drove the last stretch of prairie road before the turn-off to the Strickland place, Ellie unpinned her hat and took it off, letting the wind blow through her hair and loosen short wisps from its coil to whip back from her face. She gave a sigh of contentment, and turned her head to watch the sun setting in the west in a glow of pink and gold. For a few minutes neither spoke. Then as the buggy turned off the main road down the rougher track to the ranch, Ellie roused herself to give another sigh, of regret this time; regretful that the day’s pleasures were coming to an end.MoreLess
As they drove the last stretch of prairie road before the turn-off to the Strickland place, Ellie unpinned her hat and took it off, letting the wind blow through her hair and loosen short wisps from its coil to whip back from her face. She gave a sigh of contentment, and turned her head to watch the sun setting in the west in a glow of pink and gold. For a few minutes neither spoke. Then as the buggy turned off the main road down the rougher track to the ranch, Ellie roused herself to give another sigh, of regret this time; regretful that the day’s pleasures were coming to an end.MoreLess
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