“Lots.”

“Sho! I heard they was sendin’ ’em East.”

“Oh, some. We’ve got to have elbow-room. Can’t pack two army corps into Osage Court House.”

“Two a’my co’ps, suh?”

“More or less.”

John Deal balanced the sack in the palm of one work-worn hand and looked hard at the Messenger. He could see only her eyes.

“‘Turn around,’ said the Special Messenger.”

“Reckon you ain’t the same trooper as come yesterday.”