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I want that same trust to be in them to-morrow ... . I do n't know how you feel , but I 'm like the reforming drunkard -- tortured by his thirst . '' He paused , then added , `` I think it 's just as well to walk off my restiveness if I can . '' It was five o'clock when he returned , hot and weary from fast tramping in the blistering heat , but when he presented himself , as dusty as a miller to Conscience , who received him among the flowers of her garden , the woman recognized , from his face and the smile of self-victory in his eyes , that he had come back a dependable ally and not a dangerous enemy . In his voice as he hailed her was the old ring of comradeship -- and it was almost cheerful . `` Hurry into your bathing suit , '' he invited tersely . `` The water is bluer than water ever was before . ''