He knew he couldn't run a horse across a river, but at the last minute a fear of snakes had overcome him and blocked out his common sense. It was clear he and Clara were contemplating some work. Gus had always been there, the loudest person around, Pea Eye tried to imagine what might happen to him but came up with nothing--his brain made no picture of Gus in trouble. He felt a little guilty without even knowing what was wrong, for Elmira had not once crossed his mind since July left.
Only you're just a spirit, and you don't have the troubles the living have. I'll tell him, Deets said, and rode into the Nueces for the third time. As he approached the house he suddenly heard shrieks of laughter, and a little girl flew around the corner of the house, another slightly older girl in hot pursuit. The coyotes were silent, the crickets, the locusts, the owls.
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