Summary

Chapter 1: Lyman’s mother died when he was two and his father was a difficult man. His grandparents raised him. Lyman felt his grandmother blamed herself for his father’s taciturn attitude. Susan helped Lyman with his homework. He felt it was because his father was not properly prepared for schooling in the East and was seen as an inferior Western child. When Lyman was to write a report on Mexico for school, she told him she had been to Mexico and loved it. She had wanted to stay.

Oliver and Susan Ward go to Mexico so Oliver can inspect a mine for the syndicate. Susan sketches many scenes and people. The journey was a hard and long one. Susan feels she has never been anywhere until now.

Chapter 2: Susan and Oliver stay with Don Gustavo. Susan watches the daily life of the house...