"The one they call Calamity Ben."
"Is he done for?"
"Yes."
The turmoil of the scene of his escape came back to him so vividly that he wondered why it had ever been blurred to obscurity.
She said: "In a couple of hours we'd better ride on."
CHAPTER XXXV
ABANDON
That was all; no comment, no exclamation—she continued to gaze with that faint, retrospective smile toward the fire. He knew now why she angered him; it was because she had held the upper hand from the minute that ride over the short pass began—he had never once been able to assert himself impressively. He decided to try now.
"I don't intend to ride on."
"Too tired?"