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That's right, she said, and led him on downstairs. The little town was full of cowhands, with women and children sleeping in wagons. She don't like to stay in one place too long, Joe said. He tried driving at night but had to give it up--too often he would nod off, and once came within an ace of smashing a buggy wheel.

It's a good thing we got a house right on the road. But some wouldn't. I ain't going if Wilbarger's out there, Roy said. Her voice was the merest whisper, and the man didn't awake.