Clamber on up here, traveler, the big man said. At the supper table she tried several times to get a word or two out of him, but he just sat there, scarcely even touching his food. The man walked over and squatted by Jake a moment, then gently lifted his hand. But the mare noticed, and Call rested better, knowing she would watch.
She had not expected to encounter such misery in the middle of the afternoon. Even after he got back to the ranch he didn't remember that he had been asked to do anything. What little they had must be saved for whores--at least that was their intention. She had put him off several times.
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