Then he spoke without looking up. Whenis the team leaving? I may not travel with the team, he told hercarefully. Some ofthe men he supervised were three times his age, and none of them thoughtit strange. Can you go on? he asked quietly.
Another broke down within the first mile, but the other twolimped on gamely. But his belly,gorged with meat, swung weightily at each stride as though he wereheavily pregnant. Shasa seemed to understand, standing in her place when she fell out,suddenly mature and responsible, rallying to her aid as he had neverbeen called upon to do before. The sack clinked as Pig Johnslung it over his shoulder.
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