Roscoe almost wished he had ridden on and spent the night sitting up against a tree. For a while she had an urge to apologize to Clara for not having always been able to be a lady. His feeling of lightheadedness came back and he lay down in the cool shade, thinking a little nap wouldn't hurt. He had known more than one man to take bullets without noticing it; one Ranger had been so frightened when his wound was pointed out to him that he died of fright, not the bullet.
He looked back once and could dimly see the cave, but not Gus. The water was green and cold. On the other hand, if they had seen him shoot, the men might have shot back. Probably stopped to baptize one another, Augustus said.
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