He had already met the deputy who had crippled Blue Duck's horse. They walked in silence for a while. Why, I've heard of him, Jake said. Are you gonna marry that man? Betsey asked one day.
Broke her heart, Gus said, many times. He wasn't moving. Gus spread her a pallet and she sat where she could watch him through the open flap. Roscoe was uneasily aware that he was held culpable in some quarters for Jake's escape.
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