Harms was pretty well posted on events by Leach when she reached home in the early afternoon. She and Della cried a bit in each other’s arms when they met, while Leach carried in Mrs. Harms’ trunk. Andy rode in a little later and turned his horse out, but did not come to the house. He’d been up to Falls Canyon to have his look and to check if the fire was out, or had spread. Mrs. Harms ate something, and presently sent Leach to get Andy, and Leach found him sitting atop the corral fence moodily chewing a straw and regarding the distant flats. There was a faint cloudiness between them and the sun now. “Mrs. Harms wants you and me at the house,” Leach told him, and Andy climbed down. He didn’t speak to Leach, and Leach didn’t speak to him. When Andy saw Mrs. Harms in the lean-to, he took off his hat and shook hands with her and told her he was glad she was back, which he was. Della was seated at the big table and Mrs. Harms sat down at the head of it. Andy sat at his accustomed place and Leach took the chair beside him.
