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Gus knows why. Newt rode beside Pea Eye, who appeared to be solemn too. The sudden appearance of a Comanche would not have affected them as much. Augustus knew the old man was right in everything he said.

Lorena nodded. It rained so hard that it became impossible to see, or even talk. Finally he gave up and collapsed on her, so tired that he seemed to pass out. The sickness had changed her--that and the death of Dee.