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They shook hands again , and MacDonald drove on ahead of him the saddled horses and the pack . And as Aldous turned back toward the bungalow old Donald was mumbling low in his beard again , `` God ha ' mercy on me , but I 'm doin ' it for her an ' Johnny -- for her an ' Johnny ! '' Half an hour later Blackton had shown Aldous to his room and bath . It was four o'clock when he rejoined the contractor in the lower room , freshly bathed and shaven and in a change of clothes . He had not seen Joanne , but half a dozen times he had heard her and Peggy Blackton laughing and talking in Mrs. Blackton 's big room at the head of the stairs , and he heard them now as they sat down to smoke their cigars . Blackton was filled with enthusiasm over the accomplishment of his latest work , and Aldous tried hard not to betray the fact that the minutes were passing with gruelling slowness while he waited for Joanne . He wanted to see her .