Clara set such a stiff price for her horses that Call was tempted to balk. Then the girl began to whimper. Would he have tried to kill you if Captain Call had been here? I wonder, Augustus said. He dismounted, clinging to the horn in case his legs gave out.
The little man didn't answer. He wondered if he was dying, if that was how it felt. Why in a year? Because you deserve to suffer for a year, Clara said. And then he left.
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