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."The sandwiches." Jessie mumbled, reaching toward the basket."Yes," Kate answered, her voice unsteady.Page 34 Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlThey finished their lunch and walked back into town, each of them quiet."You'll come to the dance, won't you?" Kate said finally as they prepared to part.They stood veryclose, but they did not touch."Before you go?'Jessie nodded."I'll be there."Kate smiled."Promise?""I promise, Kate," Jessie said with an answering smile.Kate did touch her then, a light brush of her fingers along Jessie's arm."Good," she said as she steppedaway.Jessie watched Kate leave, wondering why it seemed like something was tearing loose inside her.Shestood there for a long time in the gathering dust, feeling more alone than she could ever remember.CHAPTER ELEVEN"MARTHA! WE'LL BE late if we don't leave soon!"Martin and Kate were impatiently pacing the length of the sitting room, dressed and ready to go.Martindidn't want to miss a moment of the night's festivities.Kate's hadn't been able to think of anything all dayexcept that this was Jessie's last night in town, and that it would seem so dreary with her and the othercowboys gone."Well, Kate! Since almost everyone in town will be at the dance tonight, it feels like your coming out ballall over again." He smiled at his daughter."You look lovely."She wore a midnight blue dress that her mother had carefully packed and carried all the way fromBoston.It was elegant in its simplicity, cut away at the neck only enough to show a hint of bodice, theskirt skimming her slender form in the latest style.Kate had worn it once before, but not with theanticipation she did now.Tonight she felt like a woman, and not like a young girl on display."I think after this evening we'll be seeing more than a few young men appearing at our door," Martinenthused, beaming with fatherly pride.Kate smiled at him, dismissing the question of suitors with an easy shrug."We shall never know if wedon't get there, Father.I'll go see what's keeping Mother."Kate left Martin peering at his watch and made her way upstairs to her mother's room.She foundMartha seated before her dressing table, dressed to go."Mother! Is something wrong? Are you ill?" Kate was frightened by the strange look on Martha's face.Page 35 Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlMartha turned to Kate and smiled slightly."Frightened I think, Kate.You and your father have settled inso well, it's as if you've always lived here.We've been here for weeks and I still feel like a stranger.Oh,everyone is kind and helpful, but I feel out of place.Tonight, with the whole town there, I'm not sure Ican manage!" She shook her head helplessly.Kate went to her and put her hands on her mother's shoulders sympathetically."You expect too much ofyourself, Mother.There's no hurry.You'll discover in time that these people are really no different thanthose we knew in Boston.You have to look past their clothes and their different ways, and see them forthe honest, good people that they are." She met her mother's eyes in the mirror."I don't expect you'll likeall of them, but I think you'll find most of them can be friends.Some of them are quite extraordinary." Shegave Martha a little shake, laughing."Come on now, before Father explodes!"Martha followed her daughter downstairs, far from convinced, but determined to make the best of hersituation since it was clear to her that her husband and her daughter had already made New Hope theirhome.* * *Jessie packed her valise and stood it at the foot of the bed.She planned to leave in the morning and hadalready settled her accounts at the bank.She only stayed tonight because of the town gathering anddance.It was a town tradition to celebrate the end of roundup, and despite the fact that she didn't knowmost of the townspeople any more than to say hello, she had been raised to respect tradition.And shehad promised Kate that she would be there.Thinking of Kate made her smile.There was something so fresh and eager about Kate that when theywere together everything seemed so much more exciting than it ever had before.No one had ever madeher feel at once so comfortable and so alive
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