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In the days to follow all trace of the Gilenos faded and they pushed deeper into the

In the days to follow all trace of the Gilenos faded and they pushed deeper into the mountains. By fires of highland driftwood pale as bone they crouched in silence while the flames yawed in the nightwinds ascending those stony draws. The kid sat with his legs crossed mending a strap with an awl he'd borrowed from the expriest Tobin and the frockless one looked on as he worked.

mountains. By fires of highland driftwood pale as bone they crouched in silence while

the flames yawed in the nightwinds ascending those stony draws. The kid sat with his

legs crossed mending a strap with an awl he'd borrowed from the expriest Tobin and

the frockless one looked on as he worked.

You've done this afore, said Tobin.

The kid wiped his nose with a swipe of his greasy sleeve and turned the piece in his

lap. Not me, he said.

The kid wiped his nose with a swipe of his greasy sleeve and turned the piece in his lap. Not me, he said.

Well you've the knack. More so than me. There's little equity in the Lord's gifts.

The kid looked up at him and then bent to his work again.

That's so, said the expriest. Look around you. Study the judge.

I done studied him.

Mayhaps he aint to your liking, fair enough. But the man's a hand at anything. I've

never seen him turn to a task but what he didnt prove clever at it.

Mayhaps he aint to your liking, fair enough. But the man's a hand at anything. I've never seen him turn to a task but what he didnt prove clever at it.

The lad drove the greased thread through the leather and hauled it taut.

He speaks dutch, said the expriest.

Dutch?

Aye.

The kid looked at the expriest, he bent to his mending.

He does for I heard him do it. We cut a parcel of crazy pilgrims down off the Llano and the old man in the lead of them he spoke right up in dutch like we were all of us in dutchland and the judge give him right back. Glanton come near fallin off his horse. We none of us knew him to speak it. Asked where he'd learned it you know what he said?

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-In the days to follow all trace of the Gilenos faded and they pushed deeper into the
+In the days to follow all trace of the Gilenos faded and they pushed deeper into the mountains. By fires of highland driftwood pale as bone they crouched in silence while the flames yawed in the nightwinds ascending those stony draws. The kid sat with his legs crossed mending a strap with an awl he'd borrowed from the expriest Tobin and the frockless one looked on as he worked.
-mountains. By fires of highland driftwood pale as bone they crouched in silence while
-the flames yawed in the nightwinds ascending those stony draws. The kid sat with his
-legs crossed mending a strap with an awl he'd borrowed from the expriest Tobin and
-the frockless one looked on as he worked.
 You've done this afore, said Tobin.
-The kid wiped his nose with a swipe of his greasy sleeve and turned the piece in his
-lap. Not me, he said.
+The kid wiped his nose with a swipe of his greasy sleeve and turned the piece in his lap. Not me, he said.
 Well you've the knack. More so than me. There's little equity in the Lord's gifts.
 The kid looked up at him and then bent to his work again.
 That's so, said the expriest. Look around you. Study the judge.
 I done studied him.
-Mayhaps he aint to your liking, fair enough. But the man's a hand at anything. I've
-never seen him turn to a task but what he didnt prove clever at it.
+Mayhaps he aint to your liking, fair enough. But the man's a hand at anything. I've never seen him turn to a task but what he didnt prove clever at it.
 The lad drove the greased thread through the leather and hauled it taut.
 He speaks dutch, said the expriest.
 Dutch?
 Aye.
 The kid looked at the expriest, he bent to his mending.
 He does for I heard him do it. We cut a parcel of crazy pilgrims down off the Llano and the old man in the lead of them he spoke right up in dutch like we were all of us in dutchland and the judge give him right back. Glanton come near fallin off his horse. We none of us knew him to speak it. Asked where he'd learned it you know what he said?