The next morning, while helping Deets and Pea build the branding fires, Newt mentioned that Sean said he brought his milk cow into the house and slept with her. Maybe it'll die, she thought. The horizon shimmered so that it would have been hard to see Gus in any case. The Irishman had heard so much about scalping that he often tugged at his own hair as if to reassure himself that it wouldn't come off easily.
Well, I met old Kit, Pea Eye said. This leg don't feel right. Maybe it was somebody claiming to be him. Why would she come back? Peach asked.
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