The broad plain was empty for miles. Ain't priced none lately, Pea Eye said. Roscoe woke up soaked, though not from rain. If the Mexicans knew the Captain was gone they'd come and take back Texas.
When Augustus bent over to twist the arrow, Pea noticed that the back of his shirt, down low near his belt, was caked with blood. Then Greasy, the mule, stopped--he had decided to die. He would try to do any task that was asked of him, and if he worried overmuch it was that he wasn't good enough at his work to please the Captain. Dish Boggett was troubled by the sensation that there was a kind of river of sand flowing above his head.
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