I'm surprised you have to ask why I did that, Augustus said, holstering his gun. It might put some spirit in them, so they can go out tomorrow and run that old Ranger to ground. It had already waited a year, unless she had gotten it from one of the returning cowhands. Here it was only the second day and she had already had a fright like death.
Just leave him be, I'll take care of him, Clara said. The thought that he had to get up and leave town--with Lorie--was in the front of his mind, and it melted his drowsiness. Well, she moved to Missouri, Jennie said. She shut her eyes, expecting to feel the knife, but Dog Face cocked his pistol and Monkey John didn't cut her.
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