Blood Meridian Pt 5 narrated by Lori Gomez

Lori Gomez

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00:00he and his beasts and his trappings moved both in card and in substance,

00:08under consignment to some third and other destiny.

00:15In the morning, when they rode out, it was that pale day with the sun not risen,

00:20and the wind had abated in the night, and the things of the night were gone.

00:24The juggler, on his burro, trotted out to the head of the column and fell in with Glanton,

00:30and they rode on together, and they were so riding in the afternoon,

00:35when the company entered the town of Hanus.

00:39An ancient walled presidio composed wholly of mud,

00:43a tall mud church and mud watchtowers, all of it rain-washed and lumpy,

00:49and slowing into a soft decay.

00:52The advent of the riders brooded by scurvid curs that howled woundedly

00:58and slank among the crumbling walls.

01:03They rode past the church, where old Spanish bells, sea-green with age,

01:09hung from a pole between low, mud donants.

01:14Dark-eyed children watched from the hovels.

01:16The air was heavy with the smoke from charcoal fires,

01:21and a few old pelados sat, mute, in the doorways,

01:26and many of the houses were carved and ruinous and stood for pens.

01:31An old man with soapy eyes lurched out at them and held forth his hand.

01:36Una corta caridad.

01:38Ah, he croaked to the passing horses.

01:42Por Dios!

01:43In the square, two of the Delawares and the outrider Webster

01:49were squatting in the dust with a weathered old woman the color of pipeclay.

01:55Dry, old crone, half-naked, her paps like wrinkled aubergines,

02:00hanging from under the shoal she wore.

02:03She stared at the ground.

02:05Nor did she look up, even when the horses stood all about her.

02:10Glanton looked down the square.

02:14The town appeared empty.

02:16There was a small company of soldiers garrisoned here,

02:20but they did not turn out.

02:23Dust was blowing through the streets.

02:26His horse leaned and sniffed at the old woman

02:29and jerked its head and trembled,

02:32and Glanton padded the animal's neck and dismounted.

02:36She was in a meat camp about eight miles up the river,

02:42said Webster.

02:43She can't walk.

02:46How many were there?

02:48We reckon maybe fifteen or twenty.

02:51They didn't have no stock to amount to anything.

02:54I don't know what she was doing there.

02:57Glanton crossed in front of his horse,

03:00passing the reins behind his back.

03:03Watch her, Cap.

03:05She bites.

03:08She had raised her eyes to the level of his knees.

03:12Glanton pushed the horse back

03:14and took one of the heavy saddle pistols from its scabbard

03:17and cocked it.

03:20Watch yourself, Dale.

03:23Several of the men stepped back.

03:26The woman looked up.

03:28Neither courage nor heart sink in those old eyes.

03:31He pointed with his left hand,

03:34and she turned to follow his hand with her gaze.

03:37And he put the pistol to her head

03:40and fired.

03:43The explosion filled all that sad little park.

03:47Some of the houses shied and stepped.

03:50A fist-sized hole erupted

03:51out of the far side of the woman's head

03:53in a great vomit of gore.

03:56And she pitched over and lay slain in her blood,

04:00without remedy.

04:02Glanton had already put the pistol at half-cock,

04:05and he flicked away the spent primer with his thumb

04:07and was preparing to recharge the cylinder.

04:11Aguil, he said.

04:15A Mexican, solitary of his race in that company,

04:19came forward.

04:22Get that receipt for us.

04:25He took a skinning knife from his belt

04:28and stepped to where the old woman lay

04:31and took up her hair

04:33and twisted it about his wrist

04:37and passed the blade of the knife

04:39about her skull

04:41and ripped away the scalp.

04:45Glanton looked at the men.

04:49They were stood some looking down

04:51at the old woman,

04:53some already seen to their mounts

04:55or their equipage.

04:58Only the recruits were watching Glanton.

05:01He seated a pistol ball

05:02in the mouth of the chamber,

05:04and then he raised his eyes,

05:07and looked across the square.

05:09The juggler and his family

05:10stood aligned like witnesses,

05:13and beyond them,

05:14in the long, mud facade,

05:17faces that had been watching

05:18from the doors

05:19and the naked windows

05:21dropped away like puppets in a gallery

05:24before the slow sweep of his eyes.

05:27He levered the ball home

05:29and capped the piece

05:30and spun the heavy pistol in his hand

05:32and returned it to the scabbard

05:35at the horse's shoulder.

05:37And took the dripping trophy

05:38from the gill

05:39and turned it in the sun

05:41the way a man might qualify

05:43the pelt of an animal

05:44and then handed it back

05:46and took the trailing reins

05:48and led his horse out

05:50through the square

05:51toward the water

05:53at the ford.

05:54They made camp in a grove

05:56of cottonwoods

05:57across the creek

05:58just beyond the walls

06:00of the town

06:01and with dark

06:03they drifted in small groups

06:05through the smoky streets.

06:07The circus folk

06:09had set up

06:10a little pitch tent

06:11in the dusty plaza

06:12and had stood

06:14a few poles about

06:15mounted with cressets

06:17of burning oil.

06:18The juggler

06:19was beating

06:20a sort of snare drum

06:21made of tin

06:22and rawhide

06:23and calling out

06:24in a high nasal voice

06:26his bill of entertainments

06:27while the woman

06:29shrieked

06:30pase pase pase

06:31sweeping her arms

06:33about her

06:33in a gesture

06:34of the greatest spectacle.

06:36Toadvine and the kid

06:37watched among

06:38the milling citizenry.

06:40Bathcat leaned

06:42and spoke to them.

06:47Look yonder

06:48chappies.

06:51They turned to look

06:52where he pointed.

06:54The black

06:55stood

06:55stripped to the waist

06:57behind the tent

06:59and as the juggler

07:01turned with a sweep

07:01of his arm

07:02the girl gave him

07:03a shove

07:04and he leapt

07:05from the tent

07:06and strode about

07:07with strange posturings

07:09under the lapsing

07:10flare of the torches.

07:12Chapter 8

07:17Another cantina

07:20another advisor

07:21monte

07:22a knifing

07:23the darkest corner

07:25of the tavern

07:26the most conspicuous

07:27the sereno

07:29riding north

07:30the mead camp

07:31granny rat

07:33under the animus peak

07:35a confrontation

07:36and a killing

07:37another anchorite

07:39another dawn

07:41they paused

07:46without the cantina

07:47and pulled their coins

07:49and toadvine

07:50pushed aside

07:51the dried cowhide

07:52that hung

07:53for a door

07:54and they entered

07:55a place where

07:56all was darkness

07:57and without definition

07:59a lone lamp

08:01hung from a cross tree

08:02in the ceiling

08:03and in the shadows

08:05dark figures

08:07sat smoking

08:08they made their way

08:09across the room

08:10to a clay-tiled bar

08:11the place

08:13reeked of

08:14wood smoke

08:15and sweat

08:16a thin little man

08:18appeared before them

08:19and placed his hands

08:21ceremonially

08:22upon the tiles

08:24digame

08:26he said

08:28toadvine

08:29took off his hat

08:30and put it

08:31on the bar

08:31and swept

08:32a clawed hand

08:33through his hair

08:34what have you got

08:37that a man

08:37could drink

08:38with just a minimum

08:39risk of blindness

08:40and death

08:40como

08:43he cocked

08:45his thumb

08:45at his throat

08:46what have you

08:48got to drink

08:50he said

08:51the barman

08:53turned

08:54and looked

08:54behind him

08:55at his wares

08:56he seemed

08:57uncertain

08:57whether anything

08:58there would

08:59answer their

08:59requirements

09:00mezcal

09:02suit everybody

09:05draw it out

09:08said bath cat

09:10the barman

09:12poured the

09:13measures

09:13from a clay

09:13jar

09:14into three

09:15dented

09:16tin cups

09:17and pushed

09:18them forward

09:18with care

09:19like counters

09:20on a board

09:21quanto

09:23said

09:25toadvine

09:25the barman

09:28looked fearful

09:29seis

09:31he said

09:33seis

09:35what

09:35the man

09:37held up

09:38six fingers

09:39centavos

09:42said

09:43bath cat

09:44toadvine

09:46doled

09:46the coppers

09:47onto the

09:47bar

09:48and drained

09:48his cup

09:49and paid

09:49again

09:50he gestured

09:51at the cups

09:52all three

09:52with a wag

09:53of his finger

09:53the kid

09:56took up

09:57his cup

09:57and drained

09:58it

09:58and set

09:58it down

09:59again

09:59the liquor

10:00was rank

10:01sour

10:02tasted faintly

10:03of creosote

10:04he was standing

10:05like the others

10:06with his back

10:07to the bar

10:07and he looked

10:08over the room

10:09at a table

10:10in the far

10:11corner

10:11men were

10:12playing cards

10:13by the light

10:14of a single

10:15tallow

10:16candle

10:17along the wall

10:18opposite

10:19crouched

10:19figures

10:20seeming alien

10:21to the light

10:21who watched

10:22the americans

10:23with no

10:24expression

10:25at all

10:25there's a game

10:29for ye

10:30said toadvine

10:31lay monty

10:33in the dark

10:34with a pack

10:34niggas

10:35he raised

10:36the cup

10:37and drained

10:38it

10:38and set it

10:39on the bar

10:40and counted

10:40the remaining

10:41coins

10:42a man was

10:43shuffling

10:44toward them

10:44out of the

10:46gloom

10:46he had a

10:48bottle under

10:48his arm

10:49and he set it

10:50on the tiles

10:50with care

10:51together with

10:52his cup

10:52and spoke

10:53to the barman

10:54and the barman

10:56brought him

10:56a clay pitcher

10:57of water

10:57he turned

10:59the water

10:59so that the

11:00handle of it

11:01stood to his

11:01right

11:02and he looked

11:03at the kid

11:04he was old

11:06and he wore

11:07a flat crowned

11:08hat of a type

11:08no longer much

11:10seen in that

11:10country

11:11and he was

11:12dressed in

11:13dirty white

11:13cotton drawers

11:14and shirt

11:16the huaraches

11:17he wore

11:18looked like

11:19dried and

11:19blackened

11:20fish

11:20lashed

11:22to the

11:22floors of

11:23his feet

11:23you are

11:28Texas

11:29he said

11:31the kid

11:32looked at

11:32toadvine

11:33you are

11:34Texas

11:35the old

11:37man said

11:37I was

11:38Texas

11:39three

11:39year

11:40he held

11:41up his

11:42hand

11:42the forefinger

11:43was gone

11:44at the first

11:44joint

11:45and perhaps

11:46he was

11:46showing them

11:47what happened

11:47in Texas

11:48or perhaps

11:49he merely

11:50meant to

11:50count the

11:51years

11:51he lowered

11:52the hand

11:53and turned

11:53to the bar

11:53and poured

11:54wine into

11:55the cup

11:56and took

11:56up the jar

11:57of water

11:57and poured

11:58it sparingly

11:59after

12:00he drank

12:02and set

12:03the cup

12:03down

12:04and turned

12:05to toadvine

12:06he wore

12:08thin white

12:08whiskers

12:09at the

12:09point of

12:10his chin

12:10and he

12:11wiped them

12:12with the

12:12back of

12:12his hand

12:13before

12:14looking up

12:14again

12:15you are

12:17sociedad

12:17de guerra

12:18contra

12:20los

12:20barbaros

12:21toadvine

12:24didn't know

12:24he looked

12:25like some

12:26loudish

12:26knight

12:27be riddled

12:27by a troll

12:28the old

12:30man

12:31put a

12:31phantom

12:31rifle

12:32to his

12:32shoulder

12:32and made

12:33a noise

12:34with his

12:34mouth

12:34he looked

12:36at the

12:36Americans

12:37you kill

12:38Apache

12:39no

12:39toadvine

12:41looked at

12:42Bathcat

12:43what does

12:44he want

12:45he said

12:46the

12:49van der

12:50min lander

12:50passed

12:51his own

12:51three-fingered

12:52hand

12:52across his

12:53mouth

12:53but he

12:54allowed

12:54no affinity

12:54the old

12:57man's

12:57full

12:57he said

12:58or

12:59mad

12:59toadvine

13:01propped

13:02his

13:02elbows

13:03on the

13:03tiles

13:03behind

13:04him

13:04he

13:05looked

13:05at

13:05the

13:05old

13:05man

13:06and

13:06he

13:07spat

13:07on

13:07the

13:07floor

13:07crazy

13:09and a

13:09runaway

13:10nigga

13:10ain't

13:11he

13:12said

13:12there

13:13was a

13:14groan

13:14from the

13:15far

13:15side

13:15of the

13:15room

13:15a

13:17man

13:17rose

13:17and went

13:18along

13:18the

13:18wall

13:18and bent

13:19to speak

13:20with

13:20others

13:21the

13:22groans

13:22came

13:22again

13:23and the

13:23old

13:24man

13:24passed

13:24his

13:24hand

13:25before

13:25his

13:25face

13:25twice

13:26and kissed

13:27the

13:27ends

13:27of his

13:28fingers

13:28and looked

13:29up

13:29how much

13:33monies

13:34they pay

13:35you

13:35he said

13:37no one

13:38spoke

13:38you kill

13:40gomez

13:40they pay

13:41you much

13:41monies

13:42the man

13:43in the

13:43dark

13:44of the

13:44far

13:44wall

13:45moaned

13:45again

13:46madre

13:48de

13:48dios

13:49he

13:50called

13:50gomez

13:52gomez

13:53said

13:54the

13:55old

13:55man

13:55even

13:56gomez

13:56who

13:57can

13:57ride

13:57against

13:58the

13:58texanos

13:59they

14:00are

14:00soldiers

14:01que soldados

14:02tan

14:02valientes

14:03la sangre

14:04de gomez

14:05sangre

14:06de la

14:06gente

14:07he looked

14:09up

14:09blood

14:10he said

14:11this

14:12country

14:13is give

14:13much

14:14blood

14:14this

14:15is mexico

14:15this is

14:16a thirsty

14:17country

14:17the blood

14:18of a thousand

14:19cries

14:19nothing

14:20he made

14:22a gesture

14:23toward the

14:23world

14:23beyond

14:24where all

14:25the land

14:25lay under

14:26darkness

14:26and all

14:27the great

14:28stained

14:29altar

14:29stone

14:30he turned

14:31and poured

14:32his wine

14:32and poured

14:33again from

14:34the water

14:34jar

14:34tempered

14:35old man

14:36and drank

14:37the kid

14:38watched him

14:39he watched

14:40him drink

14:41and he watched

14:42him wipe

14:42his mouth

14:42when he

14:44turned

14:44he spoke

14:44neither

14:45to the

14:45kid

14:45nor

14:47toad

14:47vine

14:48but seemed

14:49to address

14:49the room

14:50i pray

14:52to god

14:53for this

14:53country

14:54i say

14:54that

14:55to you

14:55i pray

14:56i don't

14:56go in

14:57the church

14:57what i

14:58need

14:58to talk

14:58to them

14:59dolls

14:59for

14:59i talk

15:00here

15:00he pointed

15:02to his

15:02chest

15:03when he

15:04turned

15:04to the

15:04americans

15:05his voice

15:06softened

15:06again

15:06you are

15:08fine

15:08caballeros

15:09he said

15:10you kill

15:11the barbaros

15:12they cannot

15:12hide

15:13from you

15:13but there

15:14is

15:15another

15:15caballero

15:16i think

15:18that

15:18no man

15:19hides

15:19from him

15:20i was

15:21a soldier

15:22it is

15:22like a

15:23dream

15:23when even

15:25the bones

15:25is gone

15:26in the

15:26desert

15:26the dreams

15:27is stuck

15:27to you

15:28you

15:29don't

15:29wake up

15:30forever

15:30he drained

15:33his cup

15:34and took

15:34his bottle

15:35and went

15:35softly away

15:36on his

15:36sandals

15:37into the

15:37farther

15:38dim

15:38of the

15:38cantina

15:39the man

15:41at the

15:41wall

15:41moaned

15:41again

15:42and called

15:43upon

15:43his

15:43god

15:43the

15:45vandermill

15:46lander

15:46and the

15:47barman

15:48spoke

15:48together

15:49and the

15:50barman

15:50gestured

15:51at the

15:51dark

15:52in the

15:52corner

15:53and shook

15:53his head

15:54and the

15:55americans

15:55chambered

15:56down

15:56their

15:57last

15:57cups

15:58and

16:00toadvine

16:01pushed

16:01the

16:01few

16:02tlacos

16:02toward

16:03the

16:03barman

16:04and they

16:05went

16:05out

16:05that

16:08was

16:08his

16:09son

16:09said

16:10bath

16:10cat

16:11who

16:12was

16:12the

16:13lad

16:14in

16:14the

16:14corner

16:14cut

16:15with

16:15a

16:15knife

16:16he

16:17was

16:17cut

16:18one

16:19of

16:19the

16:20chaps

16:20at

16:20the

16:20table

16:21cut

16:21him

16:21they

16:21were

16:21playing

16:22cards

16:22and

16:23one

16:23of

16:23them

16:23cut

16:24him

16:24why

16:26don't

16:26he

16:26leave

16:27i

16:28ask

16:28him

16:28the

16:29same

16:29myself

16:29what

16:31he

16:31say

16:31he

16:34had

16:34a

16:34question

16:34for

16:35me

16:35he

16:35said

16:35where

16:36would

16:36he

16:36go

16:36to

16:36they

16:38made

16:39their

16:39way

16:39through

16:39the

16:39narrow

16:40walled

16:40streets

16:41toward

16:41the

16:42gate

16:42the

16:43fires

16:43of

16:43the

16:43camp

16:44beyond

16:44a

16:45voice

16:45was

16:46calling

16:46it

16:47called

16:47las

16:48diez

16:49y

16:49media

16:49tiempo

16:50serefio

16:51it

16:53was

16:53the

16:53watchman

16:53at

16:54his

16:54rounds

16:54and

16:55he

16:55passed

16:55them

16:55with

16:56his

16:56lantern

16:56calling

16:57softly

16:57the

16:58hour

16:58in

17:00the

17:00pre-dawn

17:00dark

17:01the

17:01sounds

17:02about

17:02describe

17:03the

17:03scene

17:03to

17:03come

17:03the

17:05first

17:05cries

17:05of

17:05birds

17:06in

17:06the

17:06trees

17:06along

17:07the

17:07river

17:07and

17:08the

17:08clink

17:09of

17:09harness

17:09and

17:10the

17:10snuffle

17:10of

17:10horses

17:11and

17:12the

17:12gentle

17:12sound

17:12of

17:13their

17:13cropping

17:13in

17:14the

17:15darkened

17:15village

17:16roosters

17:16have

17:17begun

17:17the

17:18air

17:18smells

17:19of

17:19horses

17:19and

17:20charcoal

17:20the

17:22camp

17:22has

17:22begun

17:23to

17:23stir

17:23sitting

17:24all

17:25about

17:25in

17:25the

17:25accruing

17:26light

17:26are

17:27the

17:27children

17:27from

17:28the

17:28town

17:28none

17:29of

17:29the

17:29men

17:30rising

17:30know

17:31how

17:31long

17:31they

17:31have

17:31been

17:32there

17:32in

17:33darkness

17:33and

17:34silence

17:34when

17:37they

17:37rode

17:38through

17:38the

17:38square

17:39the

17:40dead

17:40squall

17:40was

17:41gone

17:41and

17:42the

17:42dust

17:42was

17:43newly

17:43raked

17:43the

17:44jugglers

17:45lamps

17:45were

17:45stark

17:47and

17:47black

17:48atop

17:48their

17:48poles

17:49and

17:50the

17:50fire

17:50was

17:50cold

17:51before

17:51the

17:51pitch

17:52tent

17:52an

17:53old

17:53woman

17:54who

17:54had

17:54been

17:54chopping

17:54wood

17:55raised

17:55up

17:56and

17:56stood

17:56with

17:56axe

17:57in

17:57both

17:57hands

17:57as

17:58they

17:58passed

17:59they

18:00rode

18:01through

18:01the

18:01sacked

18:01Indian

18:02camp

18:02at

18:02mid

18:02morning

18:03the

18:04blackened

18:05sheets

18:05of

18:06meat

18:06draped

18:07across

18:07the

18:07bushes

18:08or

18:08hung

18:09from

18:09poles

18:09like

18:10strange

18:10dark

18:11laundry

18:11deer

18:13hides

18:13were

18:13pegged

18:13out

18:14on the

18:14ground

18:14and

18:15white

18:16or

18:16ruddled

18:16bones

18:17lay

18:17strewn

18:18over

18:18the

18:18rocks

18:19in

18:20a

18:20primitive

18:20shambles

18:21the

18:22horses

18:23cocked

18:23their

18:23ears

18:24and

18:24stepped

18:24quickly

18:25they

18:26rode

18:26on

18:27in

18:28the

18:28afternoon

18:28black

18:29jackson

18:30caught

18:30them

18:30up

18:31his

18:32mount

18:32serbated

18:33and

18:34all

18:34but

18:34blown

18:35glanton

18:36turned

18:37in

18:37the

18:37saddle

18:37and

18:37measured

18:38him

18:38with

18:38his

18:38eye

18:39then

18:40he

18:40nudged

18:40his

18:40horse

18:41forward

18:41and

18:42the

18:42black

18:42fell

18:42in

18:42with

18:43his

18:43pale

18:43way

18:43fellows

18:44and

18:45all

18:45rode

18:45on

18:46as

18:46before

18:47they

18:49did

18:49not

18:49miss

18:50the

18:50veteran

18:50until

18:51that

18:51evening

18:51the

18:52judge

18:53made

18:53his

18:53way

18:53down

18:53through

18:54the

18:54smoke

18:54of

18:54the

18:54cook

18:54fires

18:55and

18:56squatted

18:56before

18:56toadvine

18:57and

18:57the

18:57kid

18:58what's

19:00become

19:01of

19:01chambers

19:01he

19:02said

19:03i

19:05believe

19:05he's

19:05quit

19:06quit

19:07i

19:08believe

19:09he

19:09has

19:10did

19:11he

19:11ride

19:11out

19:12this

19:12morning

19:12not

19:13with

19:13us

19:14he

19:14never

19:14it

19:16was

19:16my

19:16understanding

19:17that

19:17you

19:17spoke

19:17for

19:17your

19:18group

19:18toadvine

19:20spat

19:20he

19:22appears

19:23to

19:23spoke

19:24for

19:24his

19:24self

19:25when

19:27did

19:27you

19:27last

19:27see

19:27him

19:28seen

19:29him

19:29yesterday

19:30evening

19:30but

19:32not

19:32this

19:32morning

19:33not

19:34this

19:35morning

19:35the

19:37judge

19:37regarded

19:38him

19:38hell

19:39said

19:40toadvine

19:41i

19:42allowed

19:42you

19:42knowed

19:43he

19:43was

19:43gone

19:44it

19:45ain't

19:45like

19:45he

19:45was

19:45so

19:46small

19:46you

19:46never

19:47would

19:47miss

19:47him

19:47the

19:49judge

19:49looked

19:50at

19:50the

19:50kid

19:50he

19:51looked

19:52at

19:52toadvine

19:52again

19:53then

19:54he

19:54rose

19:54and

19:55went

19:55back

19:55in

19:57the

19:57morning

19:57two

19:58of

19:58the

19:58delawares

19:59were

19:59gone

19:59they

20:00rode

20:00on

20:00by

20:02noon

20:02they

20:02had

20:02begun

20:03to

20:03climb

20:03toward

20:03the

20:03gap

20:04in

20:04the

20:04mountains

20:04riding

20:06up

20:06through

20:06wild

20:06lavender

20:07or

20:07soap

20:08weed

20:08under

20:08the

20:09animus

20:09peaks

20:10the

20:11shadow

20:11of

20:11an

20:11eagle

20:11that

20:12had

20:12set

20:12forth

20:12from

20:13those

20:13high

20:14and

20:14craggy

20:14fastnesses

20:15crossed

20:16the line

20:16of riders

20:16below

20:17and

20:18they

20:18looked

20:18up

20:19to

20:19mark

20:19it

20:19where

20:20it

20:20rode

20:20in

20:20that

20:21brittle

20:21blue

20:21and

20:25scru

20:27boke

20:27and

20:28they

20:28crossed

20:29the

20:29gap

20:29through

20:29a

20:30high

20:30pine

20:30forest

20:31and

20:32rode

20:33on

20:33through

20:34the

20:34mountains

20:35in

20:37the

20:37evening

20:38they

20:38came

20:39out

20:39upon

20:39a

20:39mesa

20:40that

20:40overlooked

20:40all

20:41the

20:41country

20:41to

20:42the

20:42north

20:42the

20:43sun

20:43to

20:44the

20:44west

20:44lay

20:44in

20:45a

20:45holocaust

20:45where

20:46there

20:47rose

20:47a

20:47steady

20:47column

20:48of

20:48small

20:48desert

20:49baths

20:50and

20:51to

20:51the

20:51north

20:51along

20:52the

20:52trembling

20:52perimeter

20:53of

20:53the

20:53world

20:54dust

20:55was

20:55blowing

20:56down

20:56the

20:56void

20:56like

20:58the

20:58smoke

20:58of

20:58distant

20:59armies

20:59the

21:00crumpled

21:01butcher

21:01paper

21:02mountains

21:02lay

21:03in

21:03sharp

21:03shadow

21:04fold

21:04under

21:05the

21:05long

21:06blue

21:06dusk

21:07and

21:07in

21:07the

21:08middle

21:08distance

21:08the

21:09glazed

21:09bed

21:10of

21:10a

21:10dry

21:11lake

21:11lay

21:11shimmering

21:12like

21:13the

21:13mare

21:13imbrium

21:14and

21:14herds

21:15of

21:15deer

21:15were

21:15moving

21:16north

21:16in

21:17the

21:17last

21:17of

21:17the

21:18twilight

21:18harried

21:19over

21:19the

21:19plain

21:20by

21:20wolves

21:21who

21:21were

21:21themselves

21:22the

21:22color

21:22of

21:23the

21:23desert

21:23floor

21:23glanton

21:25sat

21:25his

21:26horse

21:26and

21:26looked

21:27long

21:27out

21:28upon

21:28this

21:28scene

21:29sparse

21:30on

21:30the

21:30mesa

21:30the

21:31dry

21:32weeds

21:32lashed

21:32in

21:33the

21:33wind

21:33like

21:34the

21:34earth's

21:34long

21:35echo

21:35of

21:36lance

21:36and

21:36spear

21:37in

21:37old

21:38encounters

21:38forever

21:39unrecorded

21:40all

21:41all

21:41the

21:41skies

21:41seemed

21:42troubled

21:42and

21:43night

21:43came

21:44quickly

21:44over

21:44the

21:45evening

21:45land

21:45and

21:46small

21:47grey

21:47birds

21:47flew

21:48crying

21:48softly

21:48after

21:49the

21:49fled

21:49sun

21:50he

21:51chucked

21:52up

21:52the

21:52horse

21:52he

21:53passed

21:54and

21:54so

21:54passed

21:54all

21:55into

21:56the

21:56problematical

21:57destruction

21:57of

21:58darkness

21:58they

22:01camped

22:01that

22:02night

22:02on

22:03the

22:03fore

22:03plane

22:03at

22:04the

22:04foot

22:04of

22:04a

22:04talus

22:04slope

22:05and

22:06the

22:06murder

22:07that

22:07had

22:07been

22:07reckoned

22:08upon

22:08took

22:09place

22:09the

22:10white

22:10man

22:11jackson

22:11had

22:11been

22:12drunk

22:12in

22:12janus

22:13and

22:14he

22:14had

22:14ridden

22:14red-eyed

22:15and

22:15sullen

22:15for

22:15two

22:16days

22:16through

22:16the

22:16mountains

22:17he

22:18now

22:18sat

22:18disheveled

22:19by

22:19the

22:19fire

22:20with

22:20his

22:21boots

22:21off

22:21drinking

22:23aguardiente

22:24from

22:25a

22:25flask

22:25circumscribed

22:27about

22:27by his

22:27companions

22:28and

22:29by

22:29the

22:29cries

22:29of

22:30wolves

22:30and

22:30providence

22:31of

22:31night

22:31he

22:32was

22:33sitting

22:33so

22:33when

22:33the

22:34black

22:34approached

22:34the

22:34fire

22:35and

22:35threw

22:36down

22:36his

22:36apishamore

22:37and sat

22:38upon

22:38it

22:38and fell

22:39to

22:39stoking

22:39his

22:40pipe

22:40there

22:42were

22:42two

22:42fires

22:43in

22:43this

22:43camp

22:43and

22:44no

22:44rules

22:44real

22:45or

22:45tacit

22:45as to

22:46who

22:46should

22:47use

22:47them

22:47but

22:49when

22:49the

22:49white

22:49man

22:49looked

22:50to

22:50the

22:50other

22:50fire

22:50he

22:51he

22:51saw

22:52the

22:52delawares

22:52and

22:53john

22:53mcgill

22:53and

22:54the

22:54new

22:54men

22:54in

22:55the

22:55company

22:55had

22:55taken

22:56their

22:56supper

22:56there

22:56and

22:57with

22:57a

22:58gesture

22:58and

22:58a

22:59slurred

22:59oath

22:59he

23:00warned

23:00the

23:01black

23:01away

23:01here

23:03beyond

23:05men's

23:05judgments

23:05all

23:06covenants

23:07were

23:07brittle

23:07the

23:09black

23:10looked

23:11up

23:11from

23:12his

23:12pipe

23:12bowl

23:12about

23:14that

23:14fire

23:15were

23:15men

23:15whose

23:15eyes

23:16gave

23:16back

23:16the

23:16light

23:17like

23:17coals

23:17socketed

23:18hot

23:19in

23:19their

23:19skulls

23:20and

23:21men

23:21whose

23:22eyes

23:22did

23:22not

23:23but

23:24the

23:24black

23:25man's

23:25eyes

23:26stood

23:26as

23:26corridors

23:27for

23:28the

23:28faring

23:29through

23:29of

23:29naked

23:29and

23:30unrectified

23:31night

23:31from

23:32what

23:32of

23:32it

23:33lay

23:33behind

23:33to

23:34what

23:34was

23:34yet

23:34to

23:34come

23:35any

23:36man

23:37in

23:37this

23:37company

23:37can

23:38see

23:38where

23:38suits

23:39him

23:39he

23:40said

23:40the

23:41white

23:42man

23:42swung

23:42his

23:43head

23:43one

23:44eye

23:45half

23:45closed

23:46his

23:46lip

23:47loose

23:47his

23:48gun

23:48belt

23:49lay

23:49coiled

23:50on

23:50the

23:50ground

23:50he

23:52reached

23:52and drew

23:53the

23:53revolver

23:54and

23:54cocked

23:54it

23:55four

23:56men

23:56rose

23:57and

23:57moved

23:58away

23:58you

24:00aim

24:00to

24:00shoot

24:00me

24:01said

24:02the

24:02black

24:03you

24:04don't

24:04get

24:04your

24:04black

24:05ass

24:05away

24:05from

24:06this

24:06fire

24:06I

24:06kill

24:07you

24:07grave

24:07you're

24:08dead

24:08he

24:10he

24:10looked

24:11to

24:11where

24:11glanton

24:12sat

24:12glanton

24:14watched

24:14him

24:15he

24:16put

24:16the

24:16pipe

24:16in

24:16his

24:16mouth

24:17and

24:17rose

24:17and

24:18took

24:18up

24:18the

24:18epishamore

24:19and

24:19folded

24:20it

24:20over

24:20his

24:20arm

24:21is

24:24that

24:24your

24:25final

24:25say

24:26final

24:28is

24:28the

24:28judgment

24:29of

24:29god

24:29the

24:31black

24:31looked

24:32once

24:32more

24:32across

24:33the

24:34flames

24:34at

24:34glanton

24:34and

24:35then

24:35he

24:36moved

24:36away

24:36in

24:36the

24:36dark

24:37the

24:38white

24:38man

24:38uncocked

24:39the

24:39revolver

24:40and

24:41placed

24:41it

24:41on

24:41the

24:41ground

24:42before

24:42him

24:42two

24:43of

24:43the

24:44others

24:44came

24:44back

24:44to

24:44the

24:45fire

24:45and

24:46stood

24:46uneasily

24:47jackson

24:49sat

24:49with

24:49his

24:49legs

24:50crossed

24:50one

24:51hand

24:52lay

24:52in

24:52his

24:52lap

24:52and

24:53the

24:53other

24:53was

24:53outstretched

24:54on

24:54his

24:54knee

24:55holding

24:56a

24:56slender

24:56black

24:57cigarillo

24:58the

24:59nearest

24:59man

24:59to

25:00him

25:00was

25:00Tobin

25:00and

25:01when

25:01the

25:01black

25:02stepped

25:02out

25:02of

25:02the

25:03darkness

25:03bearing

25:04the

25:04bowie

25:04knife

25:04in

25:05both

25:05hands

25:05like

25:05some

25:06instrument

25:06of

25:06ceremony

25:07Tobin

25:09started

25:09to

25:10rise

25:10the

25:12white

25:12man

25:12looked

25:13up

25:13drunkenly

25:14and

25:15the

25:15black

25:15stepped

25:15forward

25:16and

25:16with

25:16a

25:17single

25:17stroke

25:18swapped

25:19off

25:19his

25:19head

25:20two

25:21thick

25:22ropes

25:22of

25:22dark

25:23blood

25:23and

25:24two

25:24slender

25:25rose

25:25like

25:26snakes

25:26from

25:27the

25:27stump

25:28of

25:28his

25:28neck

25:28and

25:29arched

25:30hissing

25:30into

25:31the

25:31fire

25:31the

25:32head

25:33rolled

25:33to

25:34the

25:34left

25:34and

25:35came

25:35to

25:35rest

25:36at

25:36the

25:36ex-priest

25:36feet

25:37where

25:37it

25:37lay

25:38with

25:38eyes

25:38aghast

25:39Tobin

25:41jerked

25:41his

25:41foot

25:41away

25:42and

25:42rose

25:42and

25:42stepped

25:43back

25:43the

25:46fire

25:46streamed

25:47and

25:47blackened

25:47and a

25:48gray

25:48cloud

25:48of

25:48smoke

25:49rose

25:49and

25:49the

25:50columnar

25:50arches

25:51of

25:51blood

25:51slowly

25:52subsided

25:53until

25:54just

25:54the

25:54neck

25:54bubbled

25:55gently

25:55like

25:56a stew

25:57and

25:58then

25:58that

25:58too

25:59was

26:00stilled

26:00he

26:01was

26:01sat

26:02as

26:02before

26:02safe

26:03headless

26:04drenched

26:05in

26:05blood

26:06the

26:07cigarillo

26:07still

26:08between

26:08his

26:08fingers

26:09leaning

26:09toward

26:10the

26:10dark

26:10and

26:10smoking

26:11grotto

26:11in

26:11the

26:11flames

26:12where

26:13his

26:13life

26:14had

26:14gone

26:14down

26:15blanton

26:17rose

26:17the

26:18men

26:18moved

26:18away

26:19no

26:20one

26:20spoke

26:21when

26:22they

26:22set

26:22out

26:23in

26:23the

26:23dawn

26:23the

26:24headless

26:24man

26:25was

26:25sitting

26:25like

26:25a

26:25murdered

26:26anchorite

26:27discalped

26:28in ashes

26:29and

26:29sark

26:29someone

26:31had

26:31taken

26:31his

26:32gun

26:32but

26:32the

26:32boots

26:33stood

26:33where

26:34he'd

26:34put

26:34them

26:35the

26:36company

26:36rode

26:36on

26:37they

26:38had

26:38not

26:38gone

26:39forth

26:39one

26:40hour

26:40upon

26:40that

26:41plane

26:41before

26:42they

26:42were

26:43ridden

26:43upon

26:43by

26:44the

26:44Apaches

26:45chapter

26:48nine

26:49an

26:50ambuscade

26:51the

26:52dead

26:52Apache

26:52hollow

26:53ground

26:54a

26:55gypsum

26:55lake

26:56trebilones

26:57snow

26:59blind

26:59horses

27:00the

27:01Delaware's

27:01return

27:02a

27:03probate

27:03the

27:04ghost

27:05coach

27:05the

27:06copper

27:06mines

27:07squatters

27:07a

27:08snake

27:09bit

27:09horse

27:10the

27:10judge

27:11on

27:11geological

27:12evidence

27:12the

27:13dead

27:14boy

27:14on

27:15parallax

27:16and

27:16false

27:17guidance

27:17in

27:17things

27:18past

27:18the

27:20ciboleros

27:21they were

27:23crossing the

27:23western edge

27:24of the

27:24playa

27:24when

27:26Glanton

27:27halted

27:28he turned

27:29and placed

27:30one hand

27:31on the

27:31wooden

27:31cantle

27:32and looked

27:33toward the

27:34sun where

27:34it sat

27:34new

27:35risen

27:35above

27:36the

27:36bold

27:37and

27:37fly

27:38specked

27:38mountains

27:39to the

27:39east

27:39the

27:41floor

27:41of the

27:41playa

27:42lay smooth

27:42and unbroken

27:43by any

27:44track

27:44and the

27:45mountains

27:45and their

27:46blue

27:46islands

27:47stood

27:47footless

27:47in the

27:48void

27:48like floating

27:50temples

27:50toad

27:52toad

27:52vine

27:52and the

27:52kids

27:53sat

27:53their

27:53horses

27:53and

27:54gazed

27:54upon

27:54that

27:54desolation

27:55with

27:55the

27:55others

27:56out

27:57on the

27:58playa

27:58a

27:59cold

27:59sea

28:00broke

28:00and

28:01water

28:02gone

28:02these

28:02thousand

28:03years

28:03lay

28:04riffled

28:05silver

28:05in the

28:06morning

28:06wind

28:07sounds

28:09like

28:09a

28:09pack

28:10of

28:10hounds

28:11said

28:12tot

28:12vine

28:12sounds

28:14like

28:15geese

28:15to

28:15me

28:15suddenly

28:18bath

28:18cat

28:18and

28:18one

28:19of

28:19the

28:19delawares

28:19turned

28:20their

28:20horses

28:20and

28:21courted

28:21them

28:21and

28:22called

28:22out

28:22and

28:23the

28:23company

28:23turned

28:24and

28:24milled

28:24and

28:24began

28:25to

28:25line

28:25out

28:25down

28:26the

28:26lake

28:26bed

28:26toward

28:27the

28:27thin

28:27line

28:28of

28:28scrub

28:28that

28:28marked

28:29the

28:29shore

28:29men

28:30were

28:30leaping

28:31from

28:31their

28:31horses

28:32and

28:32hobbling

28:32them

28:32instantly

28:33with

28:34loops

28:34of

28:34rope

28:35ready

28:35made

28:35by

28:36the

28:37time

28:37the

28:37animals

28:37were

28:37secured

28:38they

28:38had

28:38thrown

28:38themselves

28:39on

28:39the

28:39ground

28:40under

28:40the

28:40creosote

28:41bushes

28:41with

28:42their

28:42weapons

28:42ready

28:43the

28:44riders

28:44were

28:44beginning

28:45to

28:45appear

28:45far

28:46out

28:46on

28:46the

28:46lake

28:47bed

28:47a

28:48thin

28:48freeze

28:49of

28:49mounted

28:49archers

28:50that

28:50trembled

28:51and

28:51veered

28:51in

28:52the

28:52rising

28:52heat

28:53they

28:54crossed

28:54before

28:55the

28:55sun

28:55and

28:56vanished

28:56one

28:57by

28:57one

28:58and

28:59reappeared

28:59again

29:00and

29:01they

29:01were

29:01black

29:02in

29:02the

29:02sun

29:02and

29:03they

29:03rode

29:03out

29:03of

29:03that

29:03vanished

29:04sea

29:04like

29:04burnt

29:05phantoms

29:06with

29:06the

29:07legs

29:07of

29:07animals

29:07kicking

29:08up

29:08the

29:08spume

29:09that

29:09was

29:09not

29:09real

29:10and

29:11they

29:11were

29:11lost

29:11in

29:11the

29:12sun

29:12and

29:12lost

29:13in

29:13the

29:13lake

29:13and

29:14they

29:14shimmered

29:15and

29:15slurred

29:15together

29:16and

29:17separated

29:17again

29:18and

29:19they

29:19augmented

29:19by

29:20planes

29:20and

29:20lurid

29:21avatars

29:21and

29:22began

29:23to

29:23coalesce

29:24and

29:24there

29:24began

29:24to

29:25appear

29:25above

29:25them

29:25in

29:26the

29:26dawn

29:26broached

29:27sky

29:27a

29:28hellish

29:29likeness

29:29of

29:29their

29:30ranks

29:30riding

29:31huge

29:32and

29:32inverted

29:33and

29:34the

29:35horse's

29:35legs

29:35incredibly

29:36elongate

29:38trampling

29:39down

29:39the

29:39high

29:39thin

29:39cirrus

29:40and

29:41the

29:41howling

29:41anti-warriors

29:42pendant

29:43from their

29:44mounts

29:44immense

29:45and

29:45chimoric

29:46and

29:47the

29:47high

29:47wild

29:48cries

29:48carrying

29:49that

29:49flat

29:50and

29:50barren

29:50pan

29:51like

29:52the

29:52cries

29:52of

29:52souls

29:53broke

29:54through

29:55some

29:55misweave

29:55in

29:56the

29:56weft

29:56of

29:56things

29:57into

29:57the

29:57world

29:57below

29:58they'll

30:01swing

30:01to

30:01their

30:01right

30:02called

30:03glanton

30:03and

30:04as

30:04he

30:04spoke

30:04they

30:05did

30:05so

30:05favoring

30:06their

30:06bow

30:06arms

30:07the

30:08arrows

30:08came

30:09lofting

30:09up

30:09in

30:09the

30:10blue

30:10with

30:10the

30:10sun

30:10on

30:10their

30:11fletchings

30:11and

30:12then

30:13suddenly

30:14gaining

30:14speed

30:15and

30:16passing

30:16with

30:16a

30:16wany

30:17whistle

30:17like

30:17the

30:17flight

30:18of

30:18wild

30:18ducks

30:19the

30:20first

30:20rifle

30:21cracked

30:22the

30:23kid

30:23was

30:24lying

30:24on

30:24his

30:24stomach

30:24holding

30:25the

30:25big

30:25walker

30:25revolver

30:26in

30:26both

30:26hands

30:27and

30:28letting

30:28off

30:28the

30:28shot

30:29slowly

30:29and

30:29with

30:30care

30:30as

30:31if

30:31he'd

30:31done

30:31it

30:31all

30:32before

30:32in

30:32a

30:32dream

30:33the

30:34warriors

30:34passed

30:35within

30:35a hundred

30:36feet

30:36forty

30:37fifty

30:37of

30:38them

30:38and

30:39went

30:39on

30:39up

30:39the

30:40edge

30:40of

30:40the

30:40lake

30:41and

30:41began

30:41to

30:42crumble

30:42in

30:42the

30:42serried

30:43plains

30:43of

30:43heat

30:43and

30:44to

30:44break

30:45up

30:45gently

30:45and

30:46to

30:46vanish

30:46the

30:48company

30:48lay

30:48under

30:48the

30:49creosote

30:49recharging

30:50their

30:50pieces

30:55and

30:55others

30:56stood

30:56that

30:57bore

30:57arrows

30:57with

30:58a

30:58curious

30:58patience

30:59Tate

31:00and

31:00Doc

31:00Irving

31:01pulled

31:01back

31:02to

31:02see

31:02about

31:02them

31:03the

31:04others

31:04lay

31:04watching

31:05the

31:05play

31:05dian

31:05they

31:08walked

31:08out

31:08toad

31:09vine

31:09and

31:10glanton

31:10and

31:11the

31:11judge

31:12they

31:13picked

31:13up

31:13a

31:14short

31:14rifled

31:14musket

31:15bound

31:15in

31:16rawhide

31:16and

31:16studded

31:17about

31:17the

31:17stock

31:17with

31:18brass

31:18headed

31:18tacks

31:19in

31:19varied

31:20designs

31:20the

31:21judge

31:22looked

31:22north

31:22along

31:23the

31:23pale

31:23shore

31:23of

31:24the

31:24dry

31:24lake

31:24where

31:25the

31:25heathen

31:26had

31:26fled

31:26he

31:27handed

31:28the

31:28rifle

31:28to

31:28toad

31:29vine

31:29and

31:30they

31:30went

31:30on

31:30the

31:32dead

31:32man

31:32lay

31:33in

31:33a

31:33sandy

31:33wash

31:34he

31:35was

31:35naked

31:36save

31:36for

31:36skin

31:37boots

31:37and

31:37a

31:37pair

31:37of

31:37wide

31:38Mexican

31:38drawers

31:39the

31:40boots

31:41had

31:41pointed

31:41toes

31:42like

31:42buskins

31:42and

31:44they

31:44had

31:44par

31:44flesh

31:45soles

31:45and

31:45high

31:46tops

31:46that

31:47were

31:47rolled

31:47down

31:48about

31:48the

31:48knees

31:49and

31:49tied

31:49the

31:50sand

31:51in

31:51the

31:51wash

31:51was

31:51dark

31:52with

31:52blood

31:53they

31:54stood

31:54there

31:54in

31:54the

31:54windless

31:55heat

31:55at

31:56the

31:56edge

31:56of

31:56the

31:56dry

31:56lake

31:57and

31:57glanton

31:58pushed

31:59him

31:59over

31:59with

31:59his

31:59boot

31:59the

32:01painted

32:01face

32:02came

32:02up

32:02sand

32:03stuck

32:03to

32:03the

32:04eyeball

32:04and

32:05stuck

32:05to

32:06the

32:06rancid

32:06grease

32:07with

32:08which

32:08he'd

32:08smeared

32:09his

32:09torso

32:09you

32:11could

32:11see

32:11the

32:11hole

32:12where

32:12the

32:12ball

32:12from

32:13toad

32:13vine's

32:13rifle

32:13had

32:14gone

32:14in

32:14above

32:15the

32:15lower

32:16rib

32:16the

32:17man's

32:18hair

32:18was

32:18long

32:18and

32:19black

32:22scuttled

32:23there

32:24were

32:24slashes

32:24of

32:25white

32:25paint

32:25on

32:25the

32:25cheeks

32:26and

32:27there

32:27were

32:27chevrons

32:28of

32:28paint

32:28above

32:28the

32:29nose

32:29and

32:30figures

32:30in

32:30dark

32:31red

32:31paint

32:31under

32:32the

32:32eyes

32:32and

32:33on

32:33the

32:34chin

32:34he

32:35was

32:35old

32:36and

32:36he

32:36bore

32:36a

32:37healed

32:37lance

32:37wound

32:38just

32:38above

32:39the

32:39hip

32:39bone

32:39and

32:40an

32:40old

32:41sabre

32:41wound

32:41across

32:42the

32:42left

32:42cheek

32:42that

32:43ran

32:43to

32:43the

32:43corner

32:44of

32:44his

32:44eye

32:44these

32:46wounds

32:46were

32:46decorated

32:47their

32:47length

32:48with

32:48tattooed

32:49images

32:49perhaps

32:50obscured

32:51with

32:51age

32:52but

32:52without

32:53reference

32:54in the

32:55known

32:55desert

32:56about

32:56the

32:58judge

32:58knelt

32:58with

32:58his

32:59knife

32:59and

33:00cut

33:00the

33:00strap

33:00of

33:00the

33:00tiger

33:01skin

33:01war

33:01bag

33:02the

33:02man

33:02carried

33:02and

33:03emptied

33:04it

33:04in

33:04the

33:04sand

33:05it

33:06held

33:06an

33:06eye

33:06shield

33:07made

33:07from

33:07a

33:07raven's

33:08wing

33:08a

33:09rosary

33:09of

33:10fruit

33:10seeds

33:10a

33:11few

33:11gun

33:12flints

33:12a

33:13handful

33:14of

33:14lead

33:14balls

33:15it

33:16also

33:16held

33:17a

33:17calculus

33:18or

33:18mad

33:19stone

33:19from

33:20the

33:20inward

33:20parts

33:21of

33:21some

33:21beast

33:22and

33:23this

33:23the

33:24judge

33:24examined

33:24and

33:25pocketed

33:25the

33:26other

33:27effects

33:27he

33:27spread

33:27with

33:28the

33:28palm

33:28of

33:28his

33:28hand

33:28as if

33:29there

33:29were

33:29something

33:30to be

33:30read

33:30there

33:30then

33:32he

33:32ripped

33:32open

33:33the

33:33man's

33:33drawers

33:33with

33:34his

33:34knife

33:34tied

33:35alongside

33:36the

33:36dark

33:36genitals

33:37was

33:37a

33:37small

33:37bag

33:38and

33:38this

33:39the

33:40judge

33:40cut

33:40away

33:40and

33:41also

33:41secured

33:42in

33:42the

33:42pocket

33:42of

33:43his

33:43vest

33:43lastly

33:45he

33:45seized

33:46the

33:46dark

33:46locks

33:46and

33:47swept

33:47them

33:47up

33:47from

33:47the

33:48sand

33:48and

33:49cut

33:49away

33:49the

33:49scalp

33:50then

33:51they

33:51rose

33:52and

33:52returned

33:53leaving

33:54him

33:54to

33:54scrutinize

33:55with

33:55his

33:55drying

33:55eyes

33:56the

33:57calamitous

33:57advance

33:58of the

33:58sun

33:59they

34:00rode

34:01all

34:01day

34:01upon

34:02a

34:02pale

34:03gas

34:03steen

34:04sparsely

34:04grown

34:05with

34:05salt

34:05bush

34:06and

34:06panic

34:07grass

34:07in

34:08the

34:08evening

34:09they

34:09entrained

34:09upon

34:10a

34:10hollow

34:10ground

34:11that

34:11rang

34:12so

34:12roundly

34:13under

34:13the

34:13horse's

34:14hooves

34:14that

34:15they

34:15stepped

34:16and

34:16sidled

34:17and

34:17rolled

34:17their

34:17eyes

34:18like

34:18circus

34:19animals

34:19and

34:20that

34:21night

34:21as

34:22they

34:22lay

34:22in

34:22that

34:23ground

34:23each

34:24heard

34:25all

34:25heard

34:26the

34:27dull

34:27boom

34:28of

34:28rock

34:29falling

34:29somewhere

34:30far

34:30below

34:30them

34:31in

34:32the

34:32awful

34:33darkness

34:33inside

34:34the

34:34world

34:35on

34:37on

34:37the

34:37day

34:37that

34:37followed

34:37they

34:38crossed

34:38the

34:38lake

34:38of

34:38gyps

34:39and

34:39so

34:39fine

34:40the

34:40ponies

34:40left

34:40no

34:41track

34:41upon

34:41it

34:41the

34:43riders

34:43wore

34:43masks

34:44of

34:44bone

34:44black

34:45smeared

34:45about

34:46their

34:46eyes

34:46and

34:47some

34:47had

34:47blacked

34:48the

34:48eyes

34:48of

34:48their

34:48horses

34:49the

34:50sun

34:50reflected

34:51off

34:51the

34:51pan

34:51burned

34:52the

34:52undersides

34:52of

34:53their

34:53faces

34:53and

34:53shadow

34:54of

34:54horse

34:54and

34:55rider

34:55alike

34:56were

34:57painted

34:57upon

34:57the

34:57fine

34:58white

34:58powder

34:59in

35:00purest

35:00indigo

35:01far

35:02out

35:03on

35:03the

35:03desert

35:04to

35:04the

35:04north

35:04dust

35:05spouts

35:06rose

35:06wobbling

35:07and

35:08augured

35:08the

35:08earth

35:09and

35:10some

35:10said

35:11they'd

35:11heard

35:11of

35:11pilgrims

35:12born

35:12aloft

35:12like

35:13dervishes

35:13in

35:14those

35:14mindless

35:15coils

35:15to be

35:16dropped

35:16broken

35:17and

35:18bleeding

35:18upon

35:19the

35:19desert

35:20again

35:20and

35:21there

35:21perhaps

35:22to

35:22watch

35:23the

35:23thing

35:23that

35:23had

35:23destroyed

35:24them

35:24lurch

35:25forward

35:25like

35:25some

35:26drunken

35:27gin

35:27and

35:29resolve

35:29itself

35:30more

35:30into

35:31the

35:31elements

35:32from

35:33which

35:33it

35:33sprang

35:33out

35:35of

35:35that

35:35whirlwind

35:36no

35:37voice

35:37spoke

35:38and

35:39the

35:39pilgrim

35:39lying

35:40in

35:40his

35:40broken

35:40bones

35:41may

35:41cry

35:41out

35:42and

35:42in

35:42his

35:42anguish

35:43he

35:43may

35:43rage

35:43but

35:44rage

35:44at

35:44what

35:44and

35:46if

35:46the

35:46dried

35:46and

35:47black

35:47and

35:47shell

35:47of

35:47him

35:48is

35:48found

35:48among

35:48the

35:49sands

35:49by

35:49travelers

35:49to

35:50come

35:50yet

35:51who

35:52can

35:52discover

35:52the

35:53engine

35:53of

35:53his

35:53ruin

35:54that

35:55night

35:56they

35:56sat

35:57at

35:57the

35:57fire

35:58like

35:59ghosts

35:59in

36:00their

36:00dusty

36:01beards

36:01and

36:01clothing

36:02wrapped

36:03pyrolatrous

36:05the

36:06fires

36:06died

36:07and

36:07small

36:08coals

36:08scampered

36:09down

36:09the

36:09plain

36:10and

36:11sand

36:11crept

36:12past

36:12in

36:12the

36:12dark

36:13all

36:14night

36:14like

36:15armies

36:15of

36:16lice

36:16on

36:16the

36:16move

36:17in

36:18the

36:18night

36:18some

36:19of

36:19the

36:20horses

36:20began

36:20to

36:20scream

36:21and

36:21daybreak

36:22found

36:22several

36:22so

36:23crazed

36:23with

36:23snow

36:24blindness

36:24they

36:26required

36:26to be

36:27shot

36:27when

36:28they

36:29rode

36:29out

36:29the

36:30Mexican

36:30they

36:30called

36:31McGill

36:31was

36:32on

36:32his

36:32third

36:33horse

36:33in

36:33as

36:33many

36:34days

36:34he

36:35could

36:35not

36:35have

36:36blacked

36:36the

36:36eyes

36:36of

36:36the

36:36pony

36:37he'd

36:37ridden

36:37coming

36:37up

36:38from

36:38the

36:38dry

36:38lake

36:39short

36:39of

36:39muzzling

36:39it

36:40like

36:40a

36:40dog

36:40and

36:41the

36:41horse

36:41he

36:42now

36:42rode

36:42was

36:42wilder

36:43yet

36:43and

36:44there

36:44were

36:45only

36:45three

36:45animals

36:46left

36:47in

36:47the

36:47caballado

36:48that

36:49afternoon

36:50the

36:51two

36:51Delawares

36:51that

36:51had

36:52left

36:52them

36:52a

36:52day

36:52out

36:52of

36:53Janos

36:53caught

36:54them

36:54up

36:54where

36:54they

36:55nooned

36:55at

36:55a

36:55mineral

36:55well

36:56they

36:57had

36:57with

36:57them

36:58the

36:58veteran's

36:58horse

36:59still

36:59saddled

37:00glant and

37:01walked out

37:02to where

37:02the

37:02animals

37:03stood

37:03and

37:04took

37:04up

37:04the

37:04trailing

37:04reins

37:05and

37:05led

37:05it

37:05to

37:05the

37:06fire

37:06where

37:06he

37:06removed

37:07the

37:07rifle

37:07from

37:08the

37:08scabbard

37:08and

37:09handed

37:09it

37:10to

37:10David

37:10Brown

37:10and

37:11then

37:11began

37:12to

37:12go

37:12through

37:12the

37:12wallet

37:13strapped

37:13to

37:13the

37:13cantle

37:14and

37:14to

37:14pitch

37:15the

37:15veteran's

37:15meager

37:15effects

37:16into

37:16the

37:16fire

37:17he

37:18undid

37:18the

37:18girth

37:19straps

37:19and

37:19loosed

37:20the

37:20other

37:20accoutrement

37:21and

37:22piled

37:22them

37:22onto

37:23the

37:23flames

37:23blanket

37:25saddle

37:25all

37:26the

37:27greasy

37:28wool

37:28and

37:28leather

37:29sending

37:29up a

37:29foul

37:30grey

37:30smoke

37:31then

37:32they

37:33rode

37:34on

37:34they

37:35were

37:35moving

37:36north

37:36and

37:36for

37:36two

37:37days

37:37the

37:37delawares

37:38read

37:38the

37:38smokes

37:38on

37:38the

37:39distant

37:39peaks

37:39and

37:41then

37:41the

37:41smoke

37:42stopped

37:42and

37:43there

37:43were

37:43no

37:43more

37:44as

37:45they

37:45entered

37:45the

37:45foothills

37:46they

37:47came

37:47upon

37:47a

37:48dusty

37:48old

37:49diligence

37:49with

37:50six

37:50horses

37:51in

37:51the

37:51traces

37:51grazing

37:53the

37:53dry

37:53grass

37:53in

37:54a

37:54fold

37:54among

37:55the

37:55barren

37:55scrag

37:56a

37:57deputation

37:58cut

37:58for

37:58the

37:58carriage

37:59and

37:59the

37:59horses

37:59jerked

38:00their

38:00heads

38:00and

38:00shied

38:01and

38:01went

38:01trotting

38:02the

38:03riders

38:04harried

38:04them

38:04about

38:05the

38:05basin

38:06until

38:06they

38:07were

38:07circling

38:07like

38:07paper

38:08horses

38:08in

38:09a

38:09wind

38:09trap

38:10and

38:10the

38:11diligence

38:11rattling

38:11after

38:12with

38:13one

38:13broken

38:14wheel

38:14the

38:16black

38:16walked

38:17out

38:18waving

38:18his

38:19hat

38:19and

38:20called

38:20them

38:20off

38:21and

38:21he

38:21approached

38:22the

38:22yoked

38:22horses

38:23with

38:23the

38:23hat

38:24outheld

38:24and

38:25talked

38:25to

38:26them

38:26where

38:26they

38:27stood

38:27trembling

38:27until

38:28he

38:29could

38:29reach

38:29the

38:29trailing

38:30straps

38:30glanton

38:32walked

38:33past

38:33him

38:34and

38:34opened

38:34the

38:34carriage

38:35door

38:35inside

38:36of

38:37the

38:37coach

38:37was

38:38splintered

38:39up

38:39with

38:39new

38:39wood

38:40and

38:40a

38:40dead

38:40man

38:41slumped

38:41out

38:42and

38:42hung

38:43head

38:43down

38:44there

38:45was

38:45another

38:45man

38:46inside

38:46and

38:47a

38:47young

38:47boy

38:47and

38:48they

38:48lay

38:48in

38:49hearse

38:49with

38:49their

38:49weapons

38:50in a

38:50stink

38:50to

38:51drive

38:51a

38:51buzzard

38:52off

38:52a

38:52gut

38:52cart

38:53glanton

38:54took

38:55the

38:55guns

38:55and

38:55ammunition

38:56and

38:56handed

38:56them

38:56out

38:57two

38:58men

38:58climbed

38:58to

38:58the

38:58freight

38:59deck

38:59and

38:59cut

38:59away

38:59the

39:00ropes

39:00and

39:00the

39:00tattered

39:01tarp

39:01and

39:02they

39:02kicked

39:02down

39:02a

39:02steamer

39:03trunk

39:03and

39:03an

39:04old

39:04rawhide

39:04dispatch

39:05box

39:05and

39:06broke

39:06them

39:13out

39:13in

39:13the

39:13sand

39:13letters

39:15penned

39:15for

39:15any

39:15destination

39:16save

39:16here

39:17began

39:18to

39:18skitter

39:18and

39:19drift

39:19away

39:19down

39:19the

39:20canyon

39:20there

39:21were

39:22a

39:22few

39:22tagged

39:22bags

39:22of

39:23ore

39:23samples

39:23in

39:24the

39:24box

39:24and

39:25he

39:25emptied

39:25them

39:25on

39:26the

39:26ground

39:26and

39:26kicked

39:27at

39:27the

39:27lumps

39:27of

39:27ore

39:28and

39:28looked

39:28about

39:29he

39:30looked

39:30inside

39:30the

39:30coach

39:31again

39:31and

39:32then

39:32he

39:32spat

39:32and

39:33turned

39:33and

39:33looked

39:34the

39:34horses

39:34over

39:34they

39:36were

39:36big

39:37American

39:37horses

39:38but

39:38badly

39:43then

39:43he

39:43waved

39:43the

39:43black

39:44away

39:44from

39:44the

39:44lead

39:44horse

39:45and

39:45wafted

39:46his

39:46hat

39:46at

39:46the

39:46animals

39:47they

39:49set

39:49off

39:49down

39:49the

39:49floor

39:50of

39:50the

39:50canyon

39:50mismatched

39:51and

39:52sawing

39:52in

39:52the

39:52harness

39:53the

39:54diligence

39:54weighing

39:55on

39:55its

39:55leather

39:55springs

39:56and

39:57the

39:57dead

39:57man

39:58dangling

39:58out

39:59of

39:59the

39:59clapping

39:59door

39:59they

40:01diminished

40:02upon

40:02the

40:02plain

40:02to

40:02the

40:03west

40:03first

40:04the

40:04sound

40:04and

40:05then

40:06the

40:06shape

40:07of

40:07them

40:07dissolving

40:08in

40:08the

40:08heat

40:08rising

40:09off

40:09the

40:09sand

40:10until

40:11they

40:11were

40:11no

40:11more

40:11than

40:12a

40:12moat

40:12struggling

40:13in

40:14that

40:14hallucinatory

40:15void

40:16and

40:17then

40:17nothing

40:18at

40:18all

40:19the

40:20riders

40:21rode

40:21on

40:22all

40:23afternoon

40:24they

40:24rode

40:24single

40:25file

40:26up

40:26through

40:27the

40:27mountains

40:27a

40:28small

40:29grey

40:29lanerette

40:30flew

40:30about

40:30them

40:31as if

40:31seeking

40:32their

40:32banner

40:32and

40:33then

40:33it

40:33shied

40:33away

40:34over

40:34the

40:34plain

40:34below

40:35on

40:36its

40:36slender

40:37falcon

40:37wings

40:38they

40:39rode

40:39on

40:40through

40:40sandstone

40:41cities

40:41in

40:41the

40:41dusk

40:42of

40:42that

40:42day

40:43past

40:43castle

40:44and

40:44keep

40:45and

40:45wind

40:45fashioned

40:46watch

40:46tower

40:47and

40:47stone

40:48granaries

40:48in

40:49sun

40:49and

40:50in

40:50shadow

40:50they

40:51rode

40:52through

40:52marl

40:52and

40:52terracotta

40:53and

40:53rifts

40:54of

40:54copper

40:54shale

40:54and

40:56they

40:56rode

40:56through

40:56a

40:57wooded

40:57swag

40:57and

40:58out

40:59upon

40:59a

40:59promontory

41:00overlooking

41:01a bleak

41:01and

41:02barren

41:02caldera

41:03where

41:04lay

41:04the

41:05abandoned

41:05ruins

41:05of

41:06Santa

41:06Rita

41:06del

41:07Corre

41:07here

41:09they

41:09made

41:09a dry

41:10and

41:10fireless

41:10camp

41:11they

41:12sent

41:12down

41:13scouts

41:13and

41:14glanton

41:14walked

41:14out

41:15on

41:15the

41:15bluff

41:15and

41:16sat

41:16in

41:17the

41:17dusk

41:17watching

41:18the

41:18darkness

41:19deepen

41:19in

41:19the

41:20gulf

41:20below

41:20to

41:21see

41:21if

41:21any

41:22light

41:22should

41:22show

41:22itself

41:23down

41:23there

41:23the

41:25scouting

41:25the

41:26scouting

41:28dark

41:29in

41:29the

41:29morning

41:29when

41:30the

41:30company

41:31mounted

41:31and

41:32rode

41:32out

41:32they

41:34entered

41:34the

41:34caldera

41:35in a

41:35condition

41:36of

41:36half

41:36gray

41:36dawn

41:37riding

41:38single

41:39file

41:39through

41:40the

41:40shaley

41:41streets

41:41between

41:41the

41:42rows

41:42of

41:42old

41:42adobes

41:43abandoned

41:44these

41:44dozen

41:45years

41:46past

41:48when

41:48the

41:48apaches

41:49cut

41:49off

41:49the

41:49wagon

41:50trains

41:50from

41:50chihuahua

41:51and

41:52laid

41:52the

41:52works

41:52under

41:53siege

41:53the

41:54starving

41:55mexicans

41:55had set

41:56out

41:56afoot

41:56on

41:57the

41:57long

41:57journey

41:57south

41:58but

41:59none

41:59ever

42:00arrived

42:01the

42:02americans

42:02rode

42:02past

42:03the

42:03slag

42:03and

42:04rubble

42:04and

42:04the

42:04dark

42:04shapes

42:05of

42:05shaft

42:05mouths

42:06and

42:07they

42:07rode

42:07past

42:07the

42:07smelting

42:08house

42:08where

42:08piles

42:09of

42:09ore

42:09stood

42:10about

42:10and

42:11weathered

42:11wagons

42:12and

42:12ore

42:12carts

42:12bone

42:13white

42:13in

42:13the

42:14dawn

42:14and

42:15the

42:15dark

42:15iron

42:15shapes

42:16of

42:16abandoned

42:16machinery

42:17they

42:18crossed

42:19Estonia

42:19Arroyo

42:20and

42:20rode

42:21on

42:21through

42:21the

42:21gutted

42:22terrain

42:22to

42:22a

42:22slight

42:23rise

42:23where

42:24sat

42:24the

42:25old

42:25presidio

42:25a

42:27large

42:27triangular

42:28building

42:28of

42:28adobe

42:29with

42:29round

42:30towers

42:30at

42:30the

42:30corners

42:31there

42:32was

42:32a

42:32single

42:33door

42:33in

42:34the

42:34east

42:34wall

42:35and

42:36as

42:36they

42:36approached

42:37they

42:38could

42:38see

42:38rising

42:39the

42:39smoke

42:39that

42:39they

42:39had

42:40smelled

42:40on

42:41the

42:41morning

42:41air

42:41glanton

42:43pounded

42:44on the

42:44door

42:45with

42:45his

42:45rawhide

42:46covered

42:46club

42:46like

42:48a

42:48traveler

42:48at

42:48an

42:49inn

42:49a

42:50bluish

42:51light

42:51suffused

42:51the

42:52hills

42:52about

42:52and

42:53the

42:53tallest

42:54peaks

42:54to the

42:54north

42:55stood

42:55in

42:55the

42:55only

42:56sun

42:56while

42:57all

42:58the

42:58caldera

42:58lay

42:59in

42:59darkness

42:59yet

43:00the

43:01echo

43:01of

43:02his

43:02knocking

43:02clapped

43:03about

43:03the

43:03stark

43:04and

43:04riven

43:04walls

43:05of

43:05rock

43:05and

43:05returned

43:06the

43:07men

43:08sat

43:08their

43:08horses

43:09glanton

43:10gave

43:11the

43:11door

43:11kick

43:12come

43:14out

43:14if

43:14you're

43:14white

43:15he

43:16called

43:16who's

43:20there

43:21called

43:22a voice

43:22glanton

43:24span

43:25who

43:27is

43:28it

43:28they

43:29called

43:30open

43:32it

43:33said

43:34glanton

43:35they

43:36waited

43:36chains

43:38were

43:38drawn

43:38rattling

43:39across

43:39the

43:39wood

43:40the

43:41tall

43:41door

43:41creaked

43:42inward

43:42and

43:43a

43:44man

43:44stood

43:44before

43:44them

43:45at

43:45the

43:45ready

43:45with

43:46a

43:46rifle

43:47glanton

43:48touched

43:49his

43:49horse

43:49with

43:49his

43:50knee

43:50and

43:51it

43:51raised

43:51its

43:51head

43:52along

43:52the

43:52door

43:52and

43:53forced

43:53it

43:54open

43:54and

43:55they

43:55rode

43:55through

43:56in

43:58the

43:58gray

43:58murk

43:59within

43:59the

43:59compound

44:00they

44:00dismounted

44:01and

44:01tied

44:01a

44:03few

44:03old

44:03freight

44:03wagons

44:04stood

44:04about

44:04some

44:05looted

44:06of their

44:06wheels

44:06by

44:06travelers

44:07there

44:08was a

44:09lamp

44:09burning

44:09in

44:10one

44:10of

44:10the

44:10offices

44:11and

44:12several

44:12men

44:13stood

44:13in

44:13the

44:13door

44:14glanton

44:16crossed

44:16the

44:16triangle

44:17the

44:18men

44:18stepped

44:19aside

44:19without

44:21you

44:22was

44:22engines

44:22they

44:24said

44:24they

44:26were

44:26four

44:27left

44:27out

44:27of

44:27a

44:27party

44:28of

44:28seven

44:28that

44:29had

44:29set

44:29out

44:29for

44:29the

44:30mountains

44:30to

44:30prospect

44:31for

44:31precious

44:31medals

44:32they

44:33had

44:33been

44:33barricaded

44:34in

44:34the

44:34old

44:34presidio

44:35for

44:35three

44:35days

44:36fled

44:37here

44:37from

44:37the

44:37desert

44:37to

44:38the

44:38south

44:38pursued

44:39by

44:39the

44:40savages

44:40one

44:42of

44:42the

44:42men

44:42was

44:42shot

44:42through

44:43the

44:43lower

44:43chest

44:43and

44:44he

44:44lay

44:44propped

44:45against

44:45the

44:45wall

44:45in

44:46the

44:46office

44:46Irving

44:48came

44:48in

44:49and

44:49looked

44:49at

44:50him

44:50what

44:53have

44:53you

44:54done

44:54for

44:54him

44:54he

44:55said

44:56I

44:56ain't

44:57done

44:57nothing

44:57what

45:00do

45:00you

45:00want

45:00me

45:00to

45:00do

45:00for

45:01him

45:01ain't

45:02asked

45:02you

45:03to

45:03do

45:03nothing

45:03that's

45:06good

45:06said

45:07Irving

45:07cause

45:08there

45:10ain't

45:10nothing

45:10to

45:10be

45:10done

45:11he

45:13looked

45:13at

45:13them

45:13they

45:15were

45:15foul

45:16and

45:16ragged

45:17and

45:17half

45:18crazed

45:18they

45:20had

45:20been

45:20making

45:20forays

45:21that

45:21might

45:21up

45:21the

45:21arroyo

45:22for

45:22wood

45:23and

45:23water

45:23and

45:25they

45:25had

45:25been

45:25feeding

45:25off

45:26a

45:26dead

45:26mule

45:26that

45:27they

45:27gutted

45:27and

45:27stinking

45:28in

45:28the

45:29far

45:29corner

45:29of

45:29the

45:29yard

45:30the

45:31first

45:31thing

45:31they

45:32asked

45:32for

45:32was

45:32whiskey

45:33and

45:34the

45:34next

45:34was

45:34tobacco

45:35they

45:36had

45:36but

45:36two

45:36animals

45:37and

45:38one

45:38of

45:38these

45:38had

45:38been

45:38snake

45:39bit

45:39in

45:39the

45:39desert

45:40and

45:40this

45:41thing

45:41now

45:41stood

45:41in

45:42the

45:42compound

45:48ideation

45:50out of

45:51an

45:51attic

45:51tragedy

45:52it

45:53had

45:53been

45:54bitten

45:54on

45:54the

45:54nose

45:54and

45:55its

45:55eyes

45:55bulged

45:55out

45:56of

45:56the

45:56shapeless

45:56head

45:56in

45:58a

45:58horror

45:58of

45:58agony

45:59and

46:00it

46:00tottered

46:00moaning

46:01toward

46:02the

46:02clustered

46:03horses

46:03of the

46:04company

46:04with

46:04its

46:04long

46:05misshapen

46:06muzzle

46:06swinging

46:07and drooling

46:08and

46:09its

46:09breath

46:09wheezing

46:10in the

46:10throttled

46:11pipes

46:11of

46:12its

46:12throat

46:12the

46:14skin

46:14had

46:14split

46:15open

46:15along

46:16the

46:16bridge

46:16of

46:16its

46:16nose

46:17and

46:18the

46:18bone

46:18shone

46:19through

46:19the

46:19pinkish

46:20white

46:20and

46:22its

46:22small

46:23ears

46:23looked

46:24like

46:24paper

46:24spills

46:25twisted

46:25into

46:26either

46:26side

46:27of

46:27a

46:27hairy

46:27loaf

46:28of

46:28dough

46:28the

46:30American

46:30horses

46:31began

46:31to

46:31mill

46:32and

46:32separate

46:32along

46:32the

46:33wall

46:33at

46:33its

46:33approach

46:34and

46:35it

46:35swung

46:36after

46:36them

46:36blindly

46:37there

46:40was

46:40a

46:40flurry

46:40of

46:41thumps

46:41and

46:42kicks

46:42and

46:43the

46:44horses

46:44began

46:44to

46:44circle

46:45the

46:45compound

46:45a

46:47small

46:47mottled

46:47stallion

46:48belonging

46:48to

46:49one

46:49of

46:49the

46:49delawares

46:50came

46:51out

46:51of

46:51the

46:51bermuda

46:52and

46:53struck

46:53at

46:53the

46:53thing

46:53twice

46:54and

46:55then

46:55turned

46:56and

46:56buried

46:57its

46:57teeth

46:57in

46:58its

46:58neck

46:58out

47:00of

47:00the

47:00mad

47:01horse's

47:01throat

47:01came

47:02a

47:02sound

47:02that

47:02brought

47:03the

47:03men

47:03to

47:03the

47:03door

47:04out

47:05and

47:05why

47:06why

47:06didn't

47:06you

47:06shoot

47:06that

47:07thing

47:07said

47:08irving

47:08sooner

47:10it

47:11dies

47:11the

47:11sooner

47:11it

47:11will

47:12rot

47:12they

47:13said

47:14irving

47:15spat

47:16you

47:18aim

47:18to

47:18eat

47:19it

47:19and

47:19it

47:19snake

47:20bit

47:20they

47:22looked

47:22at

47:22one

47:22another

47:23they

47:24didn't

47:25know

47:25irving

47:26shook

47:27his head

47:27and went

47:27out

47:28glanton

47:29and

47:29the

47:29judge

47:30looked

47:30at

47:30the

47:31squatters

47:31and

47:31the

47:31squatters

47:32looked

47:32at

47:32the

47:32floor

47:33some

47:34of

47:34the

47:34roof

47:35beams

47:35were

47:35half

47:36down

47:36into

47:36the

47:36room

47:37and

47:38the

47:38floor

47:38was

47:38filled

47:39with

47:39mud

47:39and

47:40rubble

47:40into

47:41these

47:42ruinous

47:42works

47:43the

47:43morning

47:43sun

47:43now

47:44slanted

47:44and

47:45glanton

47:46could

47:46see

47:46crouched

47:47in a

47:48corner

47:48a

47:48Mexican

47:49or

47:50half

47:50breed

47:50boy

47:51maybe

47:52twelve

47:53years

47:53old

47:53he

47:55was

47:55naked

47:56save

47:56for a

47:57pair

47:57of

47:57old

47:57calzone

47:58and

47:59makeshift

47:59sandals

48:00of

48:00uncured

48:01hide

48:01he

48:02glared

48:02back

48:03at

48:03glanton

48:03with

48:04a

48:04sort

48:04of

48:04terrified

48:05insolence

48:06who's

48:09this

48:09child

48:09said

48:10the

48:11judge

48:11they

48:12shrugged

48:13they

48:14looked

48:14away

48:14glanton

48:16spat

48:16and

48:17shook

48:17his

48:17head

48:17they

48:18posted

48:19guards

48:19atop

48:20the

48:20azotea

48:21and

48:21unsaddled

48:22the

48:22horses

48:22and

48:23drove

48:23them

48:24out

48:24to

48:24graze

48:25and

48:25the

48:25judge

48:26took

48:26one

48:26of

48:26the

48:26pack

48:26animals

48:27and

48:27emptied

48:28out

48:28the

48:28panniers

48:29and

48:29went

48:29off

48:30to

48:30explore

48:31the

48:31works

48:31in the

48:34afternoon

48:35he sat

48:35in the

48:36compound

48:36breaking

48:36ore

48:37samples

48:37with a

48:38hammer

48:38the

48:39feldspar

48:40rich

48:40and red

48:40oxide

48:41of

48:41copper

48:41and native

48:43nuggets

48:43in those

48:44organic

48:44lobations

48:45he purported

48:46to read

48:46news of

48:47the earth's

48:47origins

48:48holding

48:49an extemporary

48:50lecture in

48:51geology

48:51to a small

48:52gathering who

48:53nodded and

48:54spat

48:54a few

48:56would

48:56quote

48:56him

48:56scripture

48:57to

48:57confound

48:57his

48:58ordering

48:58up

48:58of

48:58eons

48:59out

48:59of

48:59the

48:59ancient

49:00chaos

49:00and other

49:01apostate

49:02supposings

49:02the judge

49:04smiled

49:05books

49:07lie

49:08he said

49:09god

49:11don't

49:11lie

49:11no

49:13said

49:13the judge

49:14he does

49:15not

49:15and these

49:16are his

49:17words

49:17he held

49:18up a

49:19chunk

49:19of rock

49:19he speaks

49:22in stones

49:23and trees

49:24the bones

49:25of things

49:26the squatters

49:28in their

49:29rags

49:29nodded

49:29among

49:30themselves

49:31and were

49:32soon

49:32reckoning

49:33him

49:33correct

49:33this

49:34man

49:35of

49:35learning

49:36in all

49:37his

49:37speculations

49:38and this

49:39the judge

49:40encouraged

49:41until they

49:42were right

49:42prolicites

49:43of the new

49:44order

49:44whereupon

49:45he laughed

49:45at them

49:46for fools

49:46that evening

49:48the main

49:49part of

49:49the company

49:50quartered

49:50themselves

49:50on the

49:51dry clay

49:51of the

49:52compound

49:52under the

49:53stars

49:54before

49:56morning rain

49:57would drive

49:57them in

49:58huddled

49:59in the

49:59dark

49:59mud

50:00cubicles

50:00along the

50:01south wall

50:02in the

50:03office of

50:04the presidio

50:04they'd built

50:05a fire

50:06on the

50:06floor

50:07and the

50:08smoke

50:08rose

50:08through

50:08the

50:09ruined

50:09roof

50:09and

50:10glanton

50:11and the

50:11judge

50:12and their

50:13lieutenants

50:13sat about

50:15the blaze

50:15and smoked

50:16their pipes

50:17while the

50:18squatters

50:18stood

50:19off to

50:19one side

50:20chewing the

50:20tobacco

50:21they'd been

50:21given

50:22and spitting

50:23at the

50:23wall

50:23the half

50:25breed boy

50:26watched them

50:26with his

50:27dark eyes

50:27to the

50:29west

50:30among the

50:31low dark

50:32hills

50:32they could

50:33hear the

50:34howling

50:34of a

50:34wolf

50:35that the

50:36squatters

50:36did

50:36mistrust

50:37and the

50:38hunters

50:38smiled

50:39among

50:39themselves

50:40in a

50:41night

50:41so

50:42be

50:42clamored

50:42with the

50:43jackal

50:43yappings

50:44of coyotes

50:44and the

50:45cries

50:46of owls

50:46the

50:47howl

50:48of that

50:48old

50:48dog

50:49wolf

50:49was the

50:50one

50:50sound

50:50they

50:51knew

50:51to

50:51issue

50:51from

50:52its

50:52right

50:53form

50:53a

50:54solitary

50:55lobo

50:55perhaps

50:57gray at

50:57the

50:57muzzle

50:58hung

50:59like a

50:59marionette

51:00from the

51:00moon

51:01with his

51:02long

51:02mouth

51:03gibbering

51:04it

51:06grew

51:06cold

51:06in the

51:07night

51:07and it

51:07blew

51:08stormy

51:08with

51:08wind

51:09and rain

51:09and soon

51:10all the

51:11wild

51:11menagerie

51:12of that

51:12country

51:12grew

51:12mute

51:13a horse

51:15put its

51:15long

51:15wet

51:16face

51:16in at

51:16the

51:17door

51:17and

51:18glanton

51:18looked up

51:19and spoke

51:19to it

51:20and it

51:21lifted

51:21its head

51:22and curled

51:22its lip

51:23and withdrew

51:24into the

51:25rain

51:25and the

51:26night

51:26the

51:27squatters

51:28observed

51:28this

51:29as they

51:29observed

51:29everything

51:30with their

51:30shifting

51:31eyes

51:31and one

51:32of them

51:33allowed

51:33that he

51:33would never

51:34make a pet

51:34of a

51:34horse

51:35glanton

51:36spat

51:37at the

51:37fire

51:38and looked

51:38at the

51:39man

51:39where he

51:39sat

51:40horseless

51:41in his

51:41rags

51:42and he

51:42shook his

51:43head at

51:43the

51:43wonderful

51:44invention

51:44of

51:44folly

51:45in its

51:46guises

51:46and forms

51:47the

51:49rain

51:50had

51:50slacked

51:50and in

51:51the

51:51stillness

51:52a

51:53long

51:53crack

51:53of

51:54thunder

51:54rolled

51:55overhead

51:55and

51:56clanged

51:57among

51:57the

51:57rocks

51:58and

51:59then

51:59the

52:00rain

52:00came

52:00harder

52:01until

52:02it

52:02was

52:02pouring

52:02through

52:03the

52:03blackened

52:03opening

52:04in the

52:04roof

52:04and

52:05steaming

52:06and

52:06hissing

52:07in the

52:07fire

52:08one of

52:09the men

52:10rose

52:10and dragged

52:10up the

52:11rotted

52:11ends

52:12of some

52:12old

52:13beams

52:13and

52:14piled

52:14them

52:14onto

52:15the

52:15flames

52:16the

52:17smoke

52:17spread

52:18along

52:18the

52:18sagging

52:18vigas

52:19above

52:19them

52:20and little

52:21streams

52:22of liquid

52:22clay

52:23started

52:24down

52:24from the

52:25sod

52:25roof

52:25outside

52:27the

52:27compound

52:27lay

52:29under

52:29sheets

52:30of water

52:30that

52:30slashed

52:31about

52:31it

52:31in

52:32the

52:32gusts

52:32and

52:33the

52:33light

52:33of

52:33the

52:33fire

52:34falling

52:34from

52:34the

52:35door

52:35laid

52:36a

52:36pale

52:36band

52:37upon

52:38that

52:38shallow

52:39sea

52:39along

52:40which

52:41the

52:41horses

52:41stood

52:42like

52:43roadside

52:43spectators

52:44waiting

52:45in a

52:46vent

52:46from

52:48time

52:48to

52:48time

52:48one

52:49of

52:49the

52:49men

52:50would

52:50rise

52:50and

52:51go

52:51out

52:51and

52:52his

52:52shadow

52:53would

52:53fall

52:53among

52:54the

52:54animals

52:54and

52:55they

52:55would

52:56raise

52:56and

52:56lower

52:56their

52:57dripping

52:57heads

52:57and

52:58up

52:58their

52:59hooves

52:59and

53:00then

53:00wait

53:01in

53:02the

53:02rain

53:02again

53:03the

53:06men

53:06who

53:06had

53:06been

53:06on

53:07watch

53:07entered

53:08the

53:08room

53:08and

53:09stood

53:09steaming

53:10before

53:10the

53:10fire

53:11the

53:12black

53:13stood

53:13at

53:13the

53:13door

53:14neither

53:14in

53:15nor

53:15out

53:16someone

53:17had

53:17reported

53:18the

53:18judge

53:18naked

53:18atop

53:19the

53:19walls

53:19immense

53:21and

53:21pale

53:21in

53:21the

53:22revelations

53:22of

53:22lightning

53:23striding

53:24the

53:24perimeter

53:24up

53:25there

53:25and

53:25declaiming

53:26in

53:26the

53:26old

53:27epic

53:27mode

53:27glant

53:29and

53:29watch

53:29the

53:29fire

53:30silently

53:30and

53:31the

53:32men

53:32composed

53:32themselves

53:33in

53:33their

53:33blankets

53:34in

53:34the

53:34drier

53:35places

53:35about

53:35the

53:36floor

53:36and

53:37soon

53:38they

53:38were

53:39asleep

53:39in

53:41the

53:41morning

53:41the

53:42rain

53:42had

53:42ceased

53:42the

53:44water

53:44stood

53:45in

53:45pools

53:45in

53:45the

53:45courtyard

53:46and

53:47the

53:47snake

53:47bit

53:47horse

53:48lay

53:48dead

53:49with

53:49its

53:49shapeless

53:50head

53:50stretched

53:50in

53:51the

53:51mud

53:51and

53:52the

53:52other

53:53animals

53:53had

53:53gathered

53:53in

53:54the

53:54northeast

53:54corner

53:55under

53:56the

53:56tower

53:56and stood

53:57facing

53:58the

53:58wall

53:58the

53:59peaks

53:59to the

54:00north

54:00were white

54:00with snow

54:01in the

54:01new

54:02risen

54:02sun

54:02and when

54:03toadvine

54:04stepped out

54:05into the

54:05day

54:05the sun

54:07was just

54:07touching

54:08the upper

54:08walls of

54:09the compound

54:09and the

54:11judge

54:11was standing

54:12in the

54:12gently

54:12steaming

54:13quiet

54:13picking

54:14his

54:15teeth

54:15with

54:15a

54:15thorn

54:16as if

54:17he

54:17had

54:17just

54:17eaten

54:18morning

54:20said

54:21the

54:21judge

54:21morning

54:23said

54:24toadvine

54:25looks

54:26fair

54:27to

54:27clear

54:27it

54:29done

54:29has

54:30cleared

54:30said

54:31toadvine

54:32the

54:33judge

54:33turned

54:33his

54:34head

54:34and

54:35looked

54:35toward

54:35the

54:36pristine

54:36cobalt

54:37keep

54:37of the

54:37visible

54:38day

54:38an

54:40eagle

54:40was

54:40crossing

54:41the

54:41gorge

54:41with

54:41the

54:41sun

54:42very

54:42white

54:42on

54:42its

54:43head

54:43and

54:43tail

54:43feathers

54:44so

54:45it

54:46has

54:47said

54:48the

54:48judge

54:49so

54:50it

54:50has

54:51the

54:53squatters

54:53emerged

54:54and

54:54stood

54:54about

54:55the

54:55canton

54:55men

54:56blinking

54:56like

54:57birds

54:57they

54:58had

54:59elected

54:59among

54:59themselves

55:00to

55:00join

55:00the

55:00company

55:01and

55:01when

55:01glanton

55:02came

55:02across

55:02the

55:03yard

55:03leading

55:04his

55:04horse

55:04the

55:05spokesman

55:06for

55:06their

55:06group

55:06stepped

55:07forward

55:07to

55:08inform

55:08him

55:08of

55:09their

55:09decision

55:09glanton

55:12didn't

55:12even

55:13look

55:13at

55:13him

55:13he

55:14entered

55:15the

55:15quartel

55:16and

55:16got

55:17his

55:17saddle

55:17and

55:17gear

55:18in

55:19the

55:19meantime

55:19someone

55:21had

55:21found

55:21the

55:22boy

55:22he

55:24was

55:24lying

55:24face

55:25down

55:25naked

55:26in

55:27one

55:27of

55:27the

55:27cubicles

55:28scattered

55:29about

55:30on

55:30the

55:30clay

55:30were

55:31great

55:31numbers

55:32of

55:32old

55:32bones

55:33as

55:34if

55:35he

55:35like

55:36others

55:36before

55:36him

55:37had

55:38stumbled

55:38upon

55:39a

55:39place

55:39where

55:39something

55:40inimicable

55:41lived

55:42the

55:44squatters

55:44crowded

55:45in

55:45and stood

55:46about

55:46the

55:46corpse

55:46in

55:46silence

55:47soon

55:49they

55:49were

55:49conversing

55:50senselessly

55:51about

55:52the

55:53merits

55:53and

55:53virtues

55:53of

55:54the

55:54dead

55:54boy

55:54in

55:56the

55:56compound

55:57the

55:57scalp

55:58hunters

55:58mounted

55:59up

55:59and

55:59turned

55:59their

56:00horses

56:00toward

56:01the

56:01gates

56:01that

56:02now

56:03stood

56:03open

56:03to

56:03the

56:04east

56:04to

56:05welcome

56:05in

56:05the

56:05light

56:06and

56:06to

56:06invite

56:06their

56:07journey

56:07as

56:10they

56:10rode

56:10out

56:11the

56:11doomed

56:11men

56:12hostiles

56:12in

56:13that

56:13place

56:13came

56:13dragging

56:14the

56:14boy

56:14out

56:14and

56:15laid

56:15him

56:15in

56:15the

56:15mud

56:15his

56:17neck

56:17had

56:17been

56:17broken

56:18and

56:18his

56:18head

56:19hung

56:19straight

56:19down

56:20and

56:21it

56:21flopped

56:22over

56:22strangely

56:23when

56:24they

56:24let

56:24him

56:24onto

56:24the

56:25ground

56:25the

56:26hills

56:27beyond

56:27the

56:27mine

56:27pit

56:28were

56:28reflected

56:28grayly

56:29in

56:29the

56:29pools

56:29of

56:29rainwater

56:30in

56:30the

56:30courtyard

56:31and

56:32the

56:32partly

56:32eaten

56:33mule

56:33lay

56:34in

56:34the

56:34mud

56:34with

56:34his

56:35hindquarters

56:35missing

56:36like

56:37something

56:37from

56:37a

56:37chromo

56:38of

56:38terrific

56:39war

56:39within

56:42the

56:42doorless

56:42quartel

56:43the

56:44man

56:44who'd

56:45been

56:45shot

56:46sang

56:46church

56:47hymns

56:47and

56:47cursed

56:48god

56:48alternately

56:49the

56:51squatter

56:51stood

56:51about

56:51the

56:52dead

56:52boy

56:52with

56:52their

56:52wretched

56:53firearms

56:53at

56:54rest

56:54like

56:54some

56:55tattered

56:55a million

56:56guard

56:57glanton

56:59had

57:00given

57:00them

57:00half

57:01a

57:01pound

57:01of

57:01rifle

57:02powder

57:02and

57:03some

57:03primers

57:04and

57:04a

57:04small

57:04pig

57:05of

57:05lead

57:05and

57:06as

57:06the

57:06company

57:07rode

57:07out

57:08some

57:08looked

57:08back

57:09at

57:09them

57:09three

57:10men

57:10standing

57:11there

57:12without

57:13expression

57:14no one

57:16raised a

57:16hand

57:16in

57:17farewell

57:17the

57:18dying

57:19man

57:19by

57:19the

57:19ashes

57:20of

57:20the

57:20fire

57:20was

57:20singing

57:21and

57:21as

57:22they

57:22rode

57:22out

57:22they

57:22could

57:23hear

57:23the

57:23hymns

57:23of

57:23their

57:23childhood

57:24and

57:25they

57:25could

57:26hear

57:26them

57:26as

57:26they

57:27arroyo

57:28and

57:28rode

57:29up

57:29through

57:29the

57:29low

57:30junipers

57:30still

57:31wet

57:31from

57:31the

57:32rain

57:32the

57:34dying

57:34man

57:35sang

57:35with

57:35great

57:35clarity

57:36and

57:37intention

57:38and

57:39the

57:39riders

57:40setting

57:40forth

57:40up

57:41country

57:41may

57:42have

57:43ridden

57:43more

57:43slowly

57:44the

57:45longer

57:45to

57:45hear

57:46him

57:46for

57:47they

57:47were

57:47of

57:48just

57:48these

57:48qualities

57:49themselves

57:49they

57:51rode

57:51that

57:52day

57:52through

57:52low

57:52hills

57:53barren

57:54save

57:55for

57:55the

57:55scrub

57:55evergreens

57:56everywhere

57:57in this

57:58high parkland

57:59deer

58:00leapt

58:01and scattered

58:02and the

58:03hunter shot

58:03several from

58:04their saddles

58:05and gutted

58:05and packed

58:06them

58:06and by evening

58:07they had acquired

58:09a retinue of

58:10half a dozen wolves

58:11of varying size

58:11and color

58:12that trotted behind

58:13them single file

58:15and watched over

58:16their shoulders

58:17to see that each

58:18should follow

58:19in his place

58:20at dusk

58:22they halted

58:23and built

58:24a fire

58:25and roasted

58:26the deer

58:27the night

58:29was much

58:30enclosed

58:30about them

58:31and there

58:32were no

58:33stars

58:33to the north

58:35they could see

58:36other fires

58:36that burned

58:37red and

58:37sullen

58:38among the

58:39invisible

58:39ridges

58:40they ate

58:42and moved

58:42on

58:43leaving the

58:44fire on

58:44the ground

58:44behind them

58:45and as

58:46they rode

58:47up into

58:47the mountains

58:48this fire

58:50seemed to

58:51become

58:52altered

58:52of its

58:53location

58:53now here

58:55now there

58:57drawing away

58:58or shifting

58:59unaccountably

59:00along the

59:01flank

59:01of their

59:02movement

59:02like some

59:04ignis fatuus

59:05belated upon

59:07the road

59:07behind them

59:08which all

59:09could see

59:09and of which

59:10none spoke

59:11for this will

59:12to deceive

59:13that is in

59:14things luminous

59:15may manifest

59:16itself likewise

59:17in retrospect

59:18and so

59:19by slight

59:20of some

59:20fixed part

59:21of a journey

59:21already accomplished

59:22may also

59:23post men

59:24to fraudulent

59:25destinies

59:26as they

59:28rode that

59:28night upon

59:29the mesa

59:29they saw

59:31come toward

59:32them

59:32much like

59:32their own

59:33image

59:33a party

59:35of riders

59:35pieced out

59:36of the

59:36darkness

59:36by the

59:38intermittent

59:38flare

59:39of the

59:39dry

59:40lightning

59:40to the

59:40north

59:41glanton

59:43halted

59:43and sat

59:44his horse

59:45and the

59:46company

59:47halted

59:47behind him

59:48the

59:49silent

59:49riders

59:50hove on

59:51離

59:56the

59:57boat

00:00and the

00:00pair

00:01to the

00:02Warsz Dragons

00:03in this

00:03slide

00:04sub

00:04to the

00:05waterfall

00:06and the

00:07resil

00:07and the

00:08other

00:08delayed

00:08两

00:08Team

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