“He did, pard.”
“And receive an answer?”
“Not a written one, pard.”
“A verbal answer?”
“Yes.”
“Do you know what it was?”
“I heard her say, ‘Tell him simply that I will.’”
“Ah! and then?”
“Texas Jack went back on the trail, and I drove on with my passengers, Deadshot Dean leaving me by one trail at the junction and Bonnie Belle going by the upper trail.”
“And you did not hear of her passing back over the trail?”