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I'm enjoying this whiskey, Augustus said. He didn't really know what the look meant, but to him it meant she might leave if he didn't watch out. Them settlers up there can't fight, neither. Well, if you require timid women there's not much I can do for you, Augustus said.

Then he remembered the young blond whore who had been so much trouble. I could find 'em, the girlish voice insisted. If he did that, the cowboys would make jokes about it all the way to Montana, making out that he had tried to do things he hadn't tried to do. Above them, the baby was squalling.