Johnny had been over it before, and was puzzled. Well pick it up soon on them
shale slides. Johnny set the camp stirring and was everywhere at once, like
agood housewife. After an hour it ceased and a little cold wind came out ofthe
west. I had better not go far, he told himself, or Illnever get home.
It was to tide away the time manfullybefore his end so that he could die
standing. Johnny,as he entered the tent, shook his head dolefully.
If youwas to take him out in the woods youd have him plumb ravin andmaybe hed
never get better. Johnny set the camp stirring and was everywhere at once, like
agood housewife. It was swallowed and immediately vomited. We got to plan
tospend the winter here, or hereabouts. We got to plan tospend the winter here,
or hereabouts. It was swallowed and immediately vomited.
That would, at any rate, havegiven him peace to make his soul. So far Galliard
had been a mere automaton.
Go after Lew and fetch him back and Ill stay here.
So I say Nothin doin, though Im sure obliged to you. But its going to be a
blasted country totravel. So Leithen tried him again with brandy andmilk, the
milk this time thinned and heated.
I know all that, said Leithen, and Ive made my book for it. He swallowed all
that he did not spill andseemed to want more.
It was a torrent of habitant Frenchand his voice rose to a pitch which was
almost a scream.
If I never get to Lew, and perishon the road, why, thats that. If I find Lew
and his gun finds me,well, thats that. The wilds were brutal, inhuman, the
abode of horridcruelty.
As it was, Johnny soonpicked it up from the blazes on the diminutive trunks.
Im all right ifI wasnt worried about Lew.
Weve got to carry on with our job and trust to God to keep an eyeon brother
Lew. The celestial Demiurge had combined them into a masterpiece. Weve got to
carry on with our job and trust to God to keep an eyeon brother Lew. Once the
ridge had been gained, Leithen found that his breath camea little more easily.
But the mans wits seemed to be still wandering.
It was swallowed and immediately vomited. Could a dying man minister to a mind
diseased?
In a few minutes a fire was crackling before the tent door.
Was this derelict of so great importanceafter all?
The sight ofanother mortal suffering seemed to give Leithen a certain access
ofstrength.
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