That night she woke up crying and shaking. Now Gus was dead, and Dish determined to mention to the Captain that he wanted to draw his wages and leave as soon as the drive was finished. She hadn't expected his politeness to irritate her so much. When not doing chores he would spend hours practicing with an old rope he had found, roping stumps, or sometimes the milk-pen calf.
I call it cowardice, Call said. All they came out with was a sack of horehound candy. You've been drunk three times this week. I guess it went to the heart, he added pointlessly.
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