My mind and eyes had at first focused on the animals I expected to find: antelope, deer, and elk. Then, recognizing the bison, which still made sense... given my own world and experience. Up close and personal now, though, these bison were different from my experience. They were the same, but seemed larger than the animals I was familiar with from visits to Wyoming and Montana. These animals somehow seemed bigger, more massive with thicker hair on the shoulders, but it might only be this new. " I thought he'd go back to school, maybe down to Georgetown." He talked about the law now and then. Guess he might read with somebody up at the courthouse." His mother raised her head from her small washtub, the one she used in the winter. "Annie, get yourself down here. The churn's waiting for you," she called loudly. "And Seth when you finish, make us a good path to the necessary and milk the cow."At Luke Williams' general store, Robert and his uncle sat across the counter from each other on. James Powell, and would be for the rest of her life.Bridget, Jim thought, was finally his. Bridget Ryan had been the prettiest girl in town, and now she was Bridget Powell; and she was the prettiest woman in town and his wife. He’d wanted her for years, and now he had her. Jim parked in the street in front of the house. With Harriet and Mildred still cleaning up the reception at the club, he took Bridget’s coat himself. He hung it in the hall closet with his. He led her upstairs.“My room,” he. .. such a waste of beautiful fingers. I feel certain of what I had planned for her after our surprise visit to Susan's place.Even though she told me to just come in whenever I came over, I knocked on the door anyway."Just a minute," we heard.The door opened and she broke into a beautiful smile, "Was I expecting you?" No, we just decided to drop in. Smells good, whatever it is you're cooking," I said."Is that your non-subtle way to say you would like to stay for dinner?" Susan said."Never mind.