Both men came over to look at the wound and both shook their heads. He lay in the wagon for four days, trying to get his breath through his broken nose. Gus had assured her he would be back soon, and she trusted him--though sometimes when he was gone for an hour looking for game, she still got the shakes. There's law of sorts in New Orleans, but out here it's every man for himself.
The one thing that crossed her mind was that she should have gone with Xavier. He himself enjoyed argument, but not with a woman who had been bored all her life. Well, he'll be back, Augustus said, the insolence more pronounced in his voice. He delighted in her so much that he always gave her a brushing before he saddled her, keeping a little horse brush in his saddlebag just for that purpose.
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