this

But all of this was rationalization.

No one walked in this country, least of all Ed Dow or Dutch Renfro or any of the rest of the Bar B crew.

Morgan hesitated, thinking that if this was a trick, it was a good one.

He didn't think it was possible for this couple to be pretending.

Any lingering suspicion that this was a trick Al Budd had thought up was dispelled.

No girl would go this far to fool a man so she could kill him.

He stood looking down at her for a moment, wondering what could have reduced her to this condition.

He was silent a moment, thinking he could use a man this time of year, and if the girl could cook, it would give him more time in the meadows, but he knew nothing about the couple.

There was more to this than Jones had told him.

against this bent man in the chair he was powerless.

`` I loved this valley '', he whispered huskily.

`` Keep out of this '', Purvis snarled.

`` You brought him back to this valley thinkin he would help you find your boy.

Evidently this was a precaution so that mounts would be available in an emergency.

He added, `` If this doesn't work out, the three of you barricade yourself in the house and talk terms with them ''.

`` No telling how good this horse is '', Mike panted.

Keep this to yourself ''.

In this country there's a war on every time the grass turns green.

And it's goin' to go on like this year after year until the white people take over this land ''.

`` That's why this company's important.

But Oso replied calmly, `` Trouble ain't easy to dodge out in this country, rev'rend ''.

`` You could burn down this whole mountainside with a fire that size.

`` You own this place ''??

She swung the quirt again, and this time he caught her wrist and pulled her out of the saddle.