Lynnton: "Funny thing, ma'am.My neighborisa girl, Vashti Hake.Maybe there was some talk of my marrying her, but I'm not." Off-key, she replied: "It all sounds so romantic." Bick stared out at both Leslie in front of the house and War Winds in the far pasture - metaphorically linked.After avoiding the brutish advances of one of the staff, Robie turns and speaks to Bertani - he claims ("insists") his innocence and that he had nothing to do with the robberies: "I haven't stolen a piece of jewelry in fifteen years.He compliments the shy boy for his attentiveness, prophetically sowing the seeds of hero worship in the youth: "You were watching me down the trail quite a spell, weren't ya?.The young hoodlums wear oversized, protective cod-pieces to flaunt heir sexuality, over their all-white combat suits.