The Missouri's up there somewhere, and it's a whale of a river. The question gave him so much pause that she almost wished she hadn't asked it. A half mile from the main camp he came upon the very woman who had given Dish the pain. I like 'em muddy and bloody, Sally said.
There was no sign of Jake. But instead of feeling proud and happy, he felt let down and confused. It would make him a permanent laughingstock, and Dish Boggett would probably refuse to have anything more to do with him--it was widely known that Dish was partial to Lorena. Peach Johnson and Charlie Barnes, in particular, had done their best to see that he had to leave.
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