Two nights later he had started to go to her again, but stopped himself. At supper afterward, Jasper Fant's spirits were high--he had built up an unreasoning fear of the Republican River and felt that Once he crossed it he could count on living practically forever. Maybe some of them consider that they wasn't paid enough. You never know, Augustus said.
You ain't got much else to offer. Can I hold it? Sally asked. Buy a water barrel and we'll fill it in the river. The silence seemed to ring, it was so absolute.
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