He was a messy sight from all the dried blood on his mouth and his beard, but he seemed cheerful. She led Newt into a small room with nothing much in it but an iron bedstead and a small washbasin on a tiny stand. The day she told him she was going to marry the horse trader from Kentucky, he had been too stunned to say much. Driving all these skinny cattle all that way is a funny way to maintain an interest in life, if you ask me.
He'll want to rest. Who was this Bill? A look of unhappiness crossed the girl's face. She'd improve the company. The day remained fair, and the picnic was a great success for everyone except Captain Call and July Johnson, both of whom felt awkward and merely waited for it to be over.
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