"Yes, Honey."
"Did you sell out the Circle Arrow and come to town on account of me?"
He didn't speak at first.
"Yes, I did, Honey," says he at last. "I said I'd tell you the truth. That was why we sold the old ranch—so as you could come here. I wanted you to go as high as any American woman could go. We educated you for that—we brought you up for it, Curly and me."
"We didn't win, did we, dad?" says she, slow like. "How is it done, dad?"
"Gawd knows," he says. "Tell me, sis, if we pulled out of here and went to some other town, would you be better? How about Kansas City?"
"No," says she. "Our feet ain't headed that way. I won't quit, dad."
"You'll break your heart first, and your dad's?"
"Yes, if necessary."
"All to break into them sepulchers?"