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“They were an unusual combination—beauty and the beast,” she said, but affectionately

It had been an odd alliance Bull, who had always been so argu with Lady Crawford wherever she went, taking her orders and running her errands, yet he never truly bowed his head to her There had been a strange equality between them When Lady Crawford had died, the bulk of her wealth had been left to Bull Giles In a sealed letter left for Benteen, she stated that she had already helped hireat wealth of his ohile she was alive, so she didn’t feel she was obliged to leave hi on her death

“You never really minded that she left lance wandered over his profile, handsoor

“No” It was a rather bland look Benteen gave her “She was never truly ations we had to each other were canceled out a long ti with the bitterness”

“I’lad”

He reined in his horse, and it sidled against her roan “I remember the way you cried the day we left Fort Worth Are you sorry we came here?”

Lorna was taken aback by his question “How can you ask that? No, I’m not sorry This is my home”

“But you’d like to see your parents again, wouldn’t you?”

“Yes” She didn’t try to deny that “In Mother’s last letter, she said Daddy was

n’t feeling too well”

“Maybe this fall we can go back for a visit,” Benteen suggested