No, I think he's headed for the Purgatory River, Augustus said. July, of course, had heard all about Gus McCrae's death, and his strange request, but had not quite believed it. I've warned you about that very thing a thousand times. I guess this will spoil Jasper's digestion, he said, for Jasper's sensitivity on the subject of rivers was becoming more pronounced.
After pitching his last load up on the pyramid, he wheeled the barrow to his camp, turned it over and sat on it. He didn't speak again until after it was full dark. Both had bullet boles in their foreheads. Lorena shrugged.
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