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He unfolded the shirt and held it up “It sure is sled the three fingers that he was able to slip into the opening

“Your hand’s a lot bigger than his ared the cup of coffee for the shirt

Bull repositioned the chair so he was sitting parallel to theand facing the door His gaze traveled to the two s soundly on the short cots in the far corner of the room

“I was never around kids very rown kinda fond of those two,” he admitted, and took a sip of the hot coffee

“They like you a lot, too”

“That Webb is going to be quite a horserows up He can practically ride by himself now”

“It isn’t really surprising Benteen took him for his first ride when he was less than a month old” Lorna sht her thoughts back to her purpose “Of course, the ranch has kept him so busy lately he hasn’t been able to devote veryWebb to ride He’s had to be away a lot because of this business venture with Lady Crawford”

“I know he’s been out buying a lot of cattle to fill that Canadian contract,” Bull agreed “It looks like those two are going tobut money”

Lorna had known Benteen had been purchasing cattle and that Jessie had taken a herd to Canada to sell, but she hadn’t connected the two to Lady Crawford

“To tell you the truth, I a with Lady Crawford He used to have a low opinion of so-called aristocrats They’re actually beco friends, I think”

“It really shouldn’t cohtfully “She’s still a beautiful woman Any normal man would enjoy her company”

“Yes, she still is beautiful”—Lorna’s agreement came easily until she read another ih she is considerably older than Benteen”

“Do you think that makes a difference?” he asked with apparent innocence

“A difference in what?” She ary, not liking the turn this conversation was taking, yet unable to stop it or direct it onto another course

“In whether Benteen would be attracted to her,” Bull said