I wish now I hadn't. He wiped his eyes on his shirtsleeve again, reflecting that he had cried more in the last few weeks than he had in his whole life up to that point. Captain, she said, there's a three-year-old sorrel gelding with a white star on his forehead in this lot you bought. The sight of all the men riding naked would have been amusing if he hadn't been so tired and nervous about the crossing.
Don't you be scolding me, he said. They exchanged information, and that was about it. Deets observed, he remembered; rarely would he volunteer advice, but when asked, his advice was always to the point. He felt he couldn't live another night so alone and hungry.
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