The baby looked dead, and Elmira looked as if she were dying--but in fact both lived. In the mornings Clara would walk down and wash her hair in the icy waters of the Platte, and yet by supper time Pea Eye was so astonished he couldn't close his mouth. Let's give it a tryout.
He scarcely looked back all day. The sun disappeared as if someone had popped a lid over it, and a heavy half-light filled the plains for a few minutes. He tried to sneak around, but me and Gus found out about it. You could be worse off, she thought, looking at it.
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