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“Every ” Boston wouldn’t buy that “What do you want?”

“To be left alone” Bull cast hilance

“What’s keeping you here?” Boston answered “You usually drift on to another place” His head lifted as he recalled a remark Loman Janes had made At the time, it hadn’t held any interest for him “It wouldn’t happen to be Benteen Calder’s wife, would it?”

There was the slightest pause before Giles challenged, “What would I ith another man’s wife?”

But Judd Boston just suess range accidents happen Young wives can turn into young s quick out here Maybe that’s it,” he e for Calder to meet with an accident?”

“I never did like you rowled

“Let somebody else do all the work, and you step into his shoes—and his bed Not a bad plan, Giles,” Boston conceded

“I never said nothin’ of the sort,” he denied

“But you’re thinking it” His smile widened “It could work”

“You’ve got an uglyaway

But it gave Judd Boston so to think about Maybe it could be worked to his advantage, provided Giles did s toso to see what happened

As Bull Giles entered the cae He knew Judd Boston looked on the Calder range with envy There was none better around But the atteet Calder out of the picture struck hiht about ould happen to Lorna if Benteen was killed or crippled, but it had only been out of concern for her It hadn’t been a death wish for Benteen

A woman like her wouldn’t look twice at a ripped his chest, twisting hied from him She was so beautiful with those dark eyes and hair as sleek and shiny as those thoroughbreds grazing out there She had called hi, didn’t it? She roan tore from his throat

He looked around to see if anyone heard that betrayal Lady Crawford was just stepping out of her tent With hiswith Lorna so vivid in his mind, he immediately recalled that she had said she had met Lady Crawford before He had promised to mention it to the woman

Re his hat, he stepped forward to intercept her “Excuse htly