It had seemed so real, and Ellie had even touched him, smiling. He swam the Arkansas River when he came to it, walked into town in wet clothes, bought another horse, and left again within the hour. I seen the bones, he said. Just suppose it was the opposite and you could buy what you wanted in the way of a man.
Captain McCrae had killed six men, whereas he had not even fired his gun when the old bandit was aiming at him. For a moment it all felt hopeless--better she had just sat in the Dry Bean for life, or married Xavier. The bandits were theoretical, but Lorena was real, and only two hundred yards away. She began to wonder if perhaps she was touched--if that was why she made mistakes.
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