Is it loaded already? he asked, rubbing the smooth stock with one hand. He told himself that if the situation didn't improve by the spring he would go to Texas and try to forget her. He had made mistakes in battle and led men to their deaths, but his mind didn't linger on those mistakes; at least the battles had been necessary, and the men soldiers. He would never have said that to Clara--he was not good with words, and seldom spoke unless he was spoken to, unless it was about business.
Not a man to feel guilty, he was merely annoyed at himself for what he considered a misjudgment. You're our top hand. The streets were full of cowboys going from one saloon to the next. It's the Irish nature, Augustus said.
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