Chapter 25: On Manhattan Island

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌⁠"What do you intend to make of your life, Montana, since you avoid all questions of marriage? You will not go to school, and care nothing about fitting yourself for the society where by right you should belong."

A whole winter had gone, and the springtime had come again; and over all the Island of Manhattan, and on the heights back from the rivers, the green of the leaves was creeping over the boug