Something had happened to the woman he had been sent to guard. Now that the scare was over, Lorena found that she didn't mind that things were damp. Newt saw there was going to be a terrible wreck, but short of shooting the mules, had no way to stop it. Clara looked at July again, and the look made him feel a fool.
It was July Johnson, standing behind Jim with his pistol drawn and cocked. They might even have hired a new sheriff by now. Newt noticed that she didn't give him back his gold piece, but he didn't feel he ought to say anything. In two days he was hers.
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