Deets understood that. It amused Augustus that his Lorie had been adopted as an ally by his old love. Ermoke, the leader, wouldn't leave her. No one had ever led his horse before.
The old man ignored him, or else couldn't hear him. They were camped only two miles from town and could easily have ridden back and slept comfortably in the Dry Bean, but when he suggested it Lorie showed her stubborn streak and refused. He took a rawhide string and tied her ankle to her stirrup. Lack of water was beginning to tell on the horses, and the weaker cattle were barely stumbling along.
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