Soon all the mares in the corral were pricking their ears and watching the approaching wagon. Call supposed the dun would die too, but the horse walked on to the Colorado. Lorena didn't press him, but she kept an eye on him. Augustus, who could almost read his mind, almost read it as they were stopped on the little knob of a hill.
We had a little weather too. What if Jake lied to us? Augustus said. I could hold out here for a few days. It was a house rule that Lippy was not allowed to gamble.
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