Chapter 28

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​⁠The Blind Man's Eyes

Bonner went away without another word of love to her. He saw the futility of hoping, and he was noble enough to respect her plea for silence on the subject that seemed distasteful to her. He went as one conquered and subdued; he went with the iron in his heart for the first time—deeply imbedded and racking.

Bonner came twice from the place across the river. Anderson observed tha