Mountain Jim greeted her warmly in the dark despite his brutal reputation.
Evidence
Of the two men on horses who accompanied him, one was his master, as I knew by the musical voice and grace of manner, but it was too dark to see anyone, though he struck a light to show me the valuable furs with which one of the horses was loaded. The desperado was heartily glad to see me, and sending the man and fur-laden horse on to his cabin, he turned with me to Evans’s; and as the cold was very severe, and Birdie was very tired, we dismounted and walked the remaining three miles. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 466
Categorization
- XREF: The ‘desperado’ Mountain Jim’s gentleness with the lady traveler anticipates the darker confession he makes in the following chapter - a build-up of character tension.
Related
- Mountain Jim’s violent mood yielded to a confession of moral ruin. (similarity 0.85)
- Mountain Jim spoke with cultured elegance and lost his eye to a grizzly. (similarity 0.82)