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He shoved the battered black Stetson off his eyes "You aren't going to ride like that, are yo

u?"

"It's more comfortable this way," she lied It was the most uncomfortable contraption she'd ever been in

He shook his head A sreen eyes

She hazarded a guess "This is unladylike"

"Very"

She leaned over a tiny bit and studied the two curls of leather that sprouted frouess: I slide down and dangle "

The sot it"

She grabbed hold of Red's ht I feel like a bug on the side of a car antenna"

He frowned at her description "You always say a lady?a southern lady?doesn't care about comfort"

She sreat deal of self-control not to snap at hio?"

First surprise, then anger, flashed in his eyes "You still want to?"

"Of course"

With a bitten-off curse, Jack mounted up and turned his horse toward the road "Coo"

It was a long, silent ride to the schoolhouse