Lorena let her stay the night, and from then on, when Betsey had a nightmare, she came to Lorena's room and Lorena soothed her. Once on the boat she had asked Fowler about him, and Fowler said a butcher had cut his fingers off with a cleaver, for some reason. For two weeks, when they were on the open plain, it rained, hailed, lightning flashed. Call took the opportunity to have a blacksmith completely rebuild the buggy.
She looked again at the black man, meaning to try and thank him for helping her across the river, but he was looking at her kindly, and she didn't say anything. We ain't raising cotton, you know. The old man raised his hand to the Captain as they left, and the Captain returned the gesture. Though he had ridden hard he felt strangely rested, just from the silence.
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