He had only asked to buy what other men had bought, but she had singled him out in a way he had never understood. Let's don't, Call said. What'd you ever shoot? he asked, surprised. Augustus came walking back to the wagon with his hair dripping.
He might leave, might have already left. I'd rather sell pigs than hire out boys, she said, but I guess they've got to go see the world sometime. She's left, the doctor said. He rode over to a ridge and inspected the horses through his spyglasses.
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