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Lorna cried out and grabbed for his arht to do that!” Tears elling in her eyes when she turned her accusing glance on him, but Benteen didn’t show any re lines

Gathering up her skirts, she turned away fros It was a sturass catching at her feet She thought she’d seen where they’d fallen, but her tear-blurred vision

When Lorna reached the area where she thought they were, she was breathing heavily from the exertion in her thirst-weakened condition She had to keep wiping away the tears to see as she beat at the grass, sweeping it aside in a frantic search for the cuttings Obsessed with finding the a wildness to her actions

She wasso much noise on her own that at first she didn’t hear Benteen’s approach until his rough voice called her na hirass toward her

“Forget those roses and get out of this hot sun before you collapse,” he ordered

“No” She fell to searching again

“Darabbed her wrist to force her to obey

All her anger and resenth-handed tactics boiled over She yanked her wrist out of his grasp and confronted hi with the fury that consumed her

“You did this on purpose!” Lorna accused “You never wantedanything froon with all our things in it so there won’t be anything to reet rid of those roses all along! You’ve been hoping they would die! And you finally had an excuse to throw them away!”

“Are you going to get out of this sun, or do I have to carry you back to ca her tirade

“I’ it takes!” Teons can leave without me!”

“You little fool!” He savagely ground out the words

“Yes, you’re always saying I’m stupid, or childish, or a fool” And the words wounded, so she lashed back, wanting to hurt him “I don’t care what you think anyht to tell me what I could do with either of them!!”

“I’ht to keep you fro yourself!” Benteen snapped

“You’d kill yourself for those damned cattle! What’s the difference?”