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Call was perplexed. They had branded over four hundred cattle since sunup, enough to make Jake wish he had never brought up the notion of taking cattle to Montana. The darkness didn't last. What is it? he asked one night, turning at the top of the stairs.

She gave him Gus's fifty dollars. His mind slipped again, and when he awoke next it was dark. He had not stayed, but when he had gone, he hadn't fought, either. Where do you people come from? From God, man, the old fellow said.