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“Mr Giles” She sain”

“Lorna” He took off his hat and held it in front of hiest time

She was a little shaken by the raw yearning in his eyes and the liberty he had taken by using her given name She tried to cover the sudden aardness she felt “Did you just arrive from Texas with another herd?”

Bull Giles seehten a little, and the look went away “No As a matter of fact, I didn’t leave last fall”

“You didn’t? I hadn’t seen you in so to say

“I saw your husband here last fall Didn’t he mention it to you?” He knew the answer even as he asked the question

“He otten,” Lorna weakly tried to defend Benteen

“I’reed dryly

“I guess you’ve been working on one of the ranches,” she realized “For the Ten Bar again?”

“In a way They hiredwolves Your husband knew that, too,” he added deliberately, to let her know that Benteen had been well acquainted with his activities

“I see,” Lorna ain, she had let go of Webb’s ar e, scra to climb inside “Webb, come away from there”

“It’s all right, Mrs Calder He can’t do any harm,” Bull said

“The owner ain and pulled hi because he dropped his candy on the ground

Crouching down, Bull Giles picked up the stick of candy and brushed the worst of the dirt from it, then offered it to the boy When Lorna started to protest, he glanced at her and smiled “A little dirt won’t hurt him”

“Okay,” she gave in When she let go of Arthur’s hand, he toddled unabashedly over to the er Once he had the stick of candy back in his mouth, Arthur stayed there to study him