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From time to time Augustus stopped to listen and at first heard nothing: the plains were still. We might all get killed by Indians in the next week or two. Don't you want to quit? he asked again. I'll be _your_ whore, he said.

Lorena wondered what made him behave so strangely--they were supposed to play cards first. Pedro was tough, though, Call said. At least not with me. For some reason he felt a surge of optimism as he walked down the street to the post office.