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and got away with it . "
at gun point either . They 've done it before
necks before you can say ' knife ' . It wouldn't
sure asking for trouble . They 'll be on your
" Yeah , " said Dowd dubiously . " 2Mebbe we 'd
better . " Surprisingly Dan Maffrey came in at
be the first time they 've held up a diggings
that point . " If you do , " he said , " you 'll be
said Dan . " We 'll watch the stage out of reach . "
us and a few six-shooters . But most of us
2ain't 2eddicated in shootin' . It 'd be a
abide by what we said at the meeting , "
" You 're 2durned tootin' , mister , " said the man
called Roper Smith . " We 've got five rifles among
2massacree , 2yessir . " " If you 'll take a chance
on getting your gold to the bank , then we 'll
three of them , no more . I reckon we can deal
handsome offer so I chimed in too . " That
with them all right . "
with Dan Maffrey's aim to avenge himself
and hold up the stage , it 'll be a couple or
goes for me , gentlemen , " I said . " If they do try
on the Fenton bunch but still it was a
I couldn't quite see how all this fitted in
Gay , sitting opposite Gavin on the terrace could
to do that . " Gavin drained his glass
hardly believe that she was the same girl ,
and refilled it .
Gavin raised his glass to her and smiled
table for the first time a few days ago .
and Gay's heart turned over . " I 'd like
miserable , shy , who had sat at the little
who is tough enough to change him . "
you know , always , and you aren't the type
trust him out of your sight and having to put on
whenever he flirts with another woman . He will
a brave face and pretend that you don't mind
Hell . " Doc answered for her . " Just Hell . Never able to
be the same , if you know what I mean . " " You sound
like Alice in Wonderland , " Doc gently mocked her , " and
I 'm glad you 're beginning to see that you 're wasting
now that I do realise that , and in any case , " she added
a little sadly , " if I did change Gavin , he wouldn't
your time on that chap .
Gay nodded . " I know that you 're right Doc , I think
I 'd marry you myself . " Gay laughed , Doc was
as it obviously appeared to everyone else .
long for the right man for you to come
so kind and nice and she hoped that one
Now let him go and you won't have to wait
day she would be able to see the situation
along . If I was thirty years younger and weren't
married to the sweetest wife in the world
" I made it myself , " Gay tried to speak
normally .
the roundabout , which was
least . She would think of her-
new seat outside the hospital
thoughts . At one time she had
self as a stranger in these parts
out of operation - in theory , at
gates and thought vagrant
watched the workmen constructing
studying these cross-roads . Which
one to take ?
Diana Wills often sat on the brand
to put St. John's Casualty Department
" If I were a tramp I would simply blow a
airy directions accordingly . " If I were needing a
women doctors to blow a feather and follow its
job I 'd go to London , of course , " she went on .
wishing life would sometimes allow serious-minded
feather , " she decided , rather envying the gentle-
man of the road his freedom of decision , and
all important . "
I got a good look at her . But if Nigel
" Neither can Nigel , " smiled Diana .
I know ? " she smiled . " I think so .
" No , " Di said immediately . " It isn't at
wasn't there it isn't important , is it ? "
" I remember , " quipped the houseman ,
That blonde was something . " " Anybody
meaning no offence , " but does he ?
" He 's saving up to get married . Remember ? "
But after that slight slip of the tongue on Nigel's part she had
with a cyst on her ear ... ? "
" Nigel , " she had besought him , " you know that evening
you took Luke Parson's surgery and there was a woman
realised it was important enough for her to have remembered , and it
made her think there was an abyss immediately ahead .
was as though a red mist veiled her usually clear sight and
broken down outside and he noticed
you this , too ? " " No , " she laughed .
at the roots and I had a redhead on
it was your car I suppose he
" Oh , he wasn't . His motor-bike had
" He didn't actually see you . Because
presumed it was you , all dressed up in
your car and then you dancing with
the other arm . He would have told