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`` You can , '' he answered , with significant inflection . Altogether , the evening was one of deep pleasure for Blanche . She enjoyed the companionship of the Clayton girls , who had never been so friendly and sympathetic with her before . They invited her to spend the night with them , which pleased her very much , and they all sat up till one o'clock , talking upon all sorts of tremendously interesting feminine subjects . Next morning Estelle went with her while she did a little shopping -- pitifully little , for she only had a dollar or two to spend -- while Bailey loaded up his team . At last , and all too soon , her outing ended , and she faced the west with heavy heart . Poor Willard also felt the menace of the desolate , wild prairie , but he had no conception of the tumult of regret and despair which filled his wife 's mind as she climbed into the wagon for their return journey .