He's just in love, he said. How could he be married to the two of them? July asked, not sure he wanted the information but unable to stop talking to a man who could tell him something about Ellie. Well, I don't see no shoes in this cabin, men's or women's, Roscoe said. Even if you was right, you'd be wrong, Jasper, Augustus said, as he stuffed an extra box or two of ammunition into his saddlebags.
Somehow Pea's explanation of what had happened made more sense than the truth--so much so that Newt began to half believe it himself. It spoiled every good thing he had felt, for most of his life--not only about his mother, but about the Captain, and about the Hat Creek outfit as a whole. He didn't want Luke to talk about it. Too smart.
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