You should have made a chance a little sooner, Jake, Augustus said. Lippy normally cried when he got drunk, so the sight was nothing new, except that he didn't seem drunk. Newt knew it would have been a different story if the horse had made it to the center of the river before breaking through the ice. Bad as he felt, Augustus still enjoyed seeing the sun.
Lorena and the girls had already made breakfast and Cholo came in to eat. She felt a flash of anger--why did he keep tying her when she could barely walk? The country had begun to flatten out. Lorena watched Jake closely for a few minutes to see if she was the cause of his sulk. He waved but could not be sure she saw him.
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