17/03/2026 19:39

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I guess he ain't so bad. He hurried to Santa Rosa, risking further damage to the wagon, only to discover that the hanging had been put back a week. But then July accepted it and never scolded back, so perhaps that was the way of the world: women scolded, and men kept quiet and stayed out of the way as much as possible. In his case it had led to nothing much, just excessive drunkenness and reckless card playing.

If I'd married you, you would have left me for somebody younger and stupider long before now, I imagine, Clara said. Once she had offered to cut his hair and had made a mess of it. If she went toward Kansas, then she was only a few stars to the north, and yet, on the earth, it would take him days to get to her. Roscoe walked slowly back to the jail, feeling extremely confused.