“I meant no offense, Marshal, I was only commenting on your past encounters with the cavalry. What can you and your friends tell me about the wrecke...d supply wagon you came upon?”“Well, like we told your sergeant back there a few days ago, we came upon the wagon layin’ on its side in a narrow ravine. There was two horses standing close by with their harnesses still on and two more horses layin’ under the wagon, crippled up bad. Deputy Moses Kidd and me shot the horses and he crawled down to see. "And don't be touching the cherry one; it's mine."The two tones of the mansion doorbell chimed. "Get moving, Seanna!" Deirdresaid, smiling. "Wouldn't want his clothes getting wet."2."I'm proud of you for doing this, it means so much to Deirdre," Seanna saidas they walked hand in hand down a long wood-floored hallway, theirfootsteps echoing."I like that, making you proud," Scott answered, keeping his blue-gray eyesfocused on the dark varnished floors as they walked. "Honestly, I'm notdoing this. Barbara held out her hand for an acorn as well.By the time all the acorns had gone, the four girls had all taken turnsfeeding Rasher, and I had given her nothing.Saratoga was experimenting with tickling Rasher's neck and chin, andrasher collapsed into a wriggling heap in squealing ecstasy. Of courseall the others had to take turns tickling the very spoiled pig, and ahuge crowd had gathered to watch the spectacle. As strangers took overthe tickling, Barbara steered us away to look at the other. I sighed delicately and I got up feeling the myriad of drops beating against the raincoat hood of the red k-way I was wearing, this was swollen on my back as it also covered the backpack I wore on my shoulders.The other two also wore one, Omar black while his girlfriend, Linda, had one with a camouflage pattern.> I said nodding to the boy who answered me with a gesture of the head.He started walking again, his feet were hurting and his legs were boiling, but then we walked almost all the time.