Throughout the day the visitors cluster in different configurations. Some stay only a little while, some will ride home after dark. Nobody ever apologizes for the past. Maybe they don’t apologize because they know summoning and granting forgiveness can take a toll on a person. The visitors never make any mention of Jubilee’s burning, Levi’s slaying, or Mama’s rampage, but they don’t mention Faro’s funeral or Ronny’s recovered body, either. Mostly, they lament about the weather and grouse over how much Willard is charging for feed and speculate on what crops ought to be planted and how much
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