She came downstairs and dipped her face in the cool water, then wiped it on an old piece of sacking they used for a towel. But the moon was late and she only saw the horses, still standing over her. Gus would not have anyone to look behind. He didn't remember the fight, particularly, but people were looking at him as if they were stunned.
She got her sunbonnet off a nail on the wall and tucked her thick brown hair under it. I didn't worry much because Deets tracked him way south. Ain't none ever helped me except my own pa, he said. I don't see why we just don't take over northern Mexico, now that Pedro's dead, Augustus said.
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