Call thought it a silly waste of work, though he supposed the sheriff had politics to think of. Then he went out on the front porch, glad it was a dark night. He might fall off his horse if he gets real nervous. Age don't slow a man's whoring.
Though he was annoyed with Call and Gus, it amused him that three scraggly bandits thought they could beat them. Are you coming with us, Bob? he asked. Call, look, Augustus said. Again he had the sensation that he might fall off the earth, and he grasped her arms to stop himself.
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