The younger two, Ed and Roy, were sullen and restless, always watching the doors to see who might be coming in. He felt like a cheat--he was the most respected man on the border, and yet a whore had a claim on him. Augustus took out his big clasp knife and cut the bacon for her. I hate funerals, he said.
He had discovered that if he talked a lot and was soothing in what he said it had a good effect on the horse he was working with. I bet it's them. What was Jake doing with an outfit like that? If you ask my opinion, that whore that Gus has got was Jake's downfall, Bert Borum volunteered. Then Jake would have showed up and you two would have a gunfight.
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