Alan Douglas was a sincere man , with himself as well as with others , yet there are some motives that lie , in their first inception , too deep even for the probe of self-analysis . He had not as yet the faintest suspicion as to the real source of his interest in Lynde Oliver -- in his sudden forceful desire to be of use and service to her -- to rescue her from spiritual peril as he had that day rescued her from bodily danger . She must have a lonely , unsatisfying life , he thought . It is my duty to help her if I can . It did not then occur to him that duty in this instance wore a much more pleasing aspect than it had sometimes worn in his experience . * * * * * Alan did not mean to be oversoon in going back to Four Winds , but three days later a book came to him which Captain Anthony had expressed a wish to see . It furnished an excuse for an earlier call . After that he went often . He always found the Captain courteous and affable , old Emily grimly cordial , Lynde sometimes remote and demure , sometimes frankly friendly . Occasionally , when the Captain was away in his yacht , he went for a walk with her and her dogs along the shore or through the sweet-smelling pinelands up the lake . He found that she loved books and was avid for more of them than she could obtain ; he was glad to take her several and discuss them with her . She liked history and travels best . With novels she had no patience , she said disdainfully . She seldom spoke of herself or her past life and Alan fancied she avoided any personal reference . But once she said abruptly , `` Why do you never ask me to go to church ? I 've always been afraid you would . '' `` Because I do not think it would do you any good to go if you did n't want to , '' said Alan gravely . `` Souls should not be rudely handled any more than bodies . '' She looked at him reflectively , her finger denting her chin in a meditative fashion she had . `` You are not at all like Mr. Strong .
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