The cattle were being held in a long valley near the river, some five miles from town. Out in the open she felt more at ease with Gus than she had in the saloon. No, it's going to kill her, Cholo said. The heat had caused a dearth of conversation and made him welcome almost any question.
Then he immediately felt silly for asking it. A young foreman gave Sally some lip when she tried to rush him off, and she shot him in the shoulder with a derringer she kept under her pillow. Why, Lorie, you're welcome, as far as I'm concerned, Augustus said. Dish had been her last customer before Jake.
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