He watched her for a while and, since her folks hadn't reappeared, decided he might just stroll over and have a word with her. They all put on fresh shirts and raced away as if a hundred Comanches were after them. Lorena fell back into her silence. I guess he asked me a thousand times if you were going to live.
Though his experience with the Buffalo Heifer had been mostly embarrassing as it was happening, he did not feel disappointed. He removed the rifle from the Negro's hand and took the big pistol out of his belt. The crew for the most part had been well behaved, no more irritable or contrary than any other group of men. Though certainly a brusque greeting, it was not much more than he would have expected from a father--fathers had always been touchy when he attempted to talk to their daughters.
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