I've usually had ten biscuits by this time of day, not to mention some honey and a few eggs. He felt miserable taking off his boots, for he knew that wet as they were he'd be lucky to get them back on. What's there? Lorena asked, for she had never heard anyone mention such a place. At least he couldn't disappoint them to their faces.
Some days he felt so little interest in the herd and the men that he could simply have ridden off and left them to make the best of things. Of course he knew death was no respecter. When the Hat Creek outfit passed through, some of the men came in and said hello to Jake, but he froze them out. Women would rather have runts, on the whole.
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