A small yellow cur came in under the batwing doors. The two of them walked side by side to the door, not touching in such a careful way that it made them look awkward. Jake knew what it was even before the words(Lud Candleton Rilea The Falls of the Hounds Dasherville Topeka)appeared, glowing smoke-bright. s was both out-of-the-way and loyal to the Affiliation—and it probably was foolish, but he thought it best to be on close watch, just the same.
“I don’t like him,” she said. He sat on the floor next to Coral’s rocker and began to roll a smoke of his own. They had laughed at his prankishness. They’d kept the secret of the ball to that point—out of respect for me and for the loss I’d suffered, they told me, and I believed them—but they would keep it no longer than that night’s meal.
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