12/03/2026 00:04

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I don't remember hiring on to steal horses. She didn't want the boy around. LONG BEFORE THEY STRUCK the Republican River, Elmira had begun to wonder if any of it was worth it. To him, so tired he could hardly sit straight, it just meant another mystery.

I ain't got the energy for Clara. And besides, you never had no fun in your life. In his mind he began to wish for some way to undo what had happened--to make the days run backward, to the time when they were still in Lonesome Dove. Clara sat in a straight chair, holding the child.