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He didn’t have an answer for that

"Anyone as in the cabin Sunday could have told Jahway 1, could have tipped the Truth be told, I suspected it was Claire Turns out I rong about her Well, at least wrong about that Anyway, only you, Josie, Roy, and Jill could have told Brand that Roy and I would be out of the cabin checking on the re hiht, taking us by surprise e arrived I eliminated the others when I had Josie call and tell you ere stopping at Buckman’s on our way back fro us over last night, telling us they knew exactly where ere going and that Brand aiting for our arrival--that pretty much settled it"

"No, Dyson, please"

"Only one person knew our plans Only one"

"Dyson…"

"That’s why you’re here, oldtothat They’re not my friends"

"If you say so"

"You don’t understand"

"I understand perfectly Ja in prison--you hadn’t actually thought about the possibility until they pulled you over, and I believe the idea reallythat pisses me off, is that you didn’t take the hint You didn’t quit You didn’t ask the other Iron Range Bandits to quit, either Yeah, you’re afraid of prison You’re afraid of being poor, too, afraid of ending up like the friend you toldand you saay to get what you needed for yourself even if it cost the others That’s why you made a deal with the deputies and with Brand If I’m mistaken, tell me"

"The others wouldn’t have been hurt"

I flashed on Josie’s encounter with Deputy Williams "If you say so"

"Besides, you said it was okay to look out for yourself On the deck, you said…"

For the first time since I arrived in the northland, I lost my temper

"It’s your fahter, your niece and nephew, and all the people they love You take care of yourself only after you take care of them What the hell is the matter with you?"

"I couldn’t think of no other way"

"Then you didn’t think hard enough"

"Dyson--"

"Don’t talk any old and havin’ nothin’"