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It meant he needed her more than he would admit; she recognized the need and didn't care whether he admitted it or not. Except for a prize stud or two, Pedro Flores had probably never wasted an oat on a horse in his life. We might as well cross while the crossing's good, Augustus said. Jake ate without tasting his food, wishing he had never come back to Lonesome Dove.

You look out for yourself, Augustus said. I never heard of hanging dead men. The Indians were less busy and would naturally have more time to study such things. It didn't take your bloom, he said, wanting her to know how glad he was that she was in so many ways her old self, the self he remembered with such pleasure.