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A letter from Raymie Wutherspoon, in France, said that he had been sent to the front, been slightly wounded, been made a captain. From Vida's pride Carol sought to draw a stimulant to rouse her from depression.
Miles had sold his dairy. He had several thousand dollars. To Carol he said goodbye with a mumbled word, a harsh handshake, "Going to buy a farm in northern Alberta -- far off from folks as I can get. " He turned sharply away, but he did not walk with his former spring. His shoulders seemed old.