He saw her smile and took it for encouragement. It might be he would never see Mexico again, on his lovely daughters, if he left. Before he got around to it he fed the crew a normal meal of beefsteak and beans and even conjured up a stew whose ingredients were mysterious but which all agreed was excellent. He loped over to the bluffs, nearly a mile away, picked his way to the top and spread his bedroll on the bluff's edge.
He wouldn't, I guess, Lorena said. You'll have to pardon the grub, Augustus said. On the boat it hadn't seemed as dangerous, because the men were always fighting and gambling among themselves. You can look for the cook.
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