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"You're worth a hundred thousand in gold right nowMaybe later I

ht perception registered his covert, scarcely

veiled i her

"Oh, poor uncle He'll never, never get so much"

"Sure he will," replied Kells, bluntly

Then he helped her out of the saddle She was stiff and aard, and

she let herself slide Kells handled her gently and like a

gentle uided her correctly Kells ht have been

and probably was the irl like her, however it affected hiht

up associations of a ti and habit he

had been infinitely different His action here, just like the

ruffian Bill's, was instinctive, beyond his control Just this

slight thing, this frail link that joined Kells to his past and

better life, iaallant robber," she said

He appeared not to hear that or to note it; he was eying her up and

down; and he ht compared

to his own

"I didn't know you were so tall You're above my shoulder"