"Murder is legal—sometimes. It has been in the past. I've an idea that it's going to be again."
"What d'you mean by that?"
"You'll learn later. Where did they go for Bard?"
He did not seem disappointed. He was rather like a man who had already heard bad news and now only finds it confirmed. He knew before. Now the fact was simply clinched.
"They went out to your old place on the other side of the range. Drew, listen to me—"
"How many went after him?"
"Nash, Butch Conklin, and five more. Butch's gang."
"Conklin!"
"I was in a hole; I needed men."
"How long have they been gone?"