I was aiming to leave them first chance I got. 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. Then he'll have to suffer the consequences, Dan said. Gus poured a little whiskey in her glass, and filled his to just below the brim.
Gus had been better behaved, if no less puzzled. I'll scare off bandits and you can talk to Indian chiefs. haps refer to her as his darling, but he decided it was too risky--Elmira sometimes took offense at such remarks. Her favorite one was an old Army cap Cholo had picked up on the plains somewhere.
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