“He beats me,” said Scipio, shaking his head. “His trail is turruble hard to anticipate.”
We listened.
“Work bein' done on the road, I see,” the Virginian was saying, very friendly and conversational.
“We see it too,” said the voice of Trampas.
“Seem to be easin' their grades some.”
“Roads do.”
“Cheaper to build 'em the way they want 'em at the start, a man would think,” suggested the Virginian, most friendly. “There go some more I-talians.”
“They're Chinese,” said Trampas.
“That's so,” acknowledged the Virginian, with a laugh.
“What's he monkeyin' at now?” muttered Scipio.