"Follow right past the HC ranch to town. You know where that is?"
A wave of rage swept through him.
"I ought to!" he said bitterly. "I was sent away from there tonight."
"Sent away? In the rain?"
"In the rain."
"Why did they do that?"
He shrugged his shoulders.
"Because there are things which some people do not value as highly as you do. Generosity, thoughtfulness for the desires of others, hospitality."
He licked his lips almost greedily as he watched her.
"Did she know?"