Mainly what they were into was just another Indian fight, and all of those had inconveniences. I wish he'd get well, Sally said. Her hopes had frozen hard and she vowed to keep it that way, and yet she hadn't: the hopes thawed. She didn't, Lorena said.
She got up and watched him until he was out of sight. Let's dig, Augustus said, and began to work with his knife to create a shallow cave under the bank. Funniest of all was Pea Eye, who stood not thirty yards away, up to his neck in the river, with his hat on. Her husband lay sick above their heads, which made his love seem all the more hopeless.
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