Will we just keep riding or will we stop and wait for the Mexicans? Newt asked, anxious to know the right thing to do. The feeling had started even before he knew Elmira was dead, and it grew even when he knew he ought to be grieving for Elmira. Monkey John lost his on the first roll. That ain't the way to Austin, Call said.
It had never occurred to him that he might settle anywhere else. Them Kiowas ate that dog, Aus repeated. He could scare himself to the point where his breath came short, just imagining the great thick beans. The earth is mostly just a boneyard.
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