Stands a Calder Man (1983)
“But there was a difference. They weren’t playing against each other. They were partners.
On the first day of spring roundup, the morning gather of bawling cattle was bunched about a hundred yards away from the chuckwagon where the bulk of the cowboys had collected. Webb was standing a little off to himself, not joining in with the men and trying to be one of them.
The branding fires were hot, the irons lying in them, ready for an afternoon’s work. Webb swirled the coffee liquid and dregs in his... cup, mixing them together before drinking the black and bitter stuff.
In a curious flash of memory, he recalled another cup of coffee he’d drunk on a stormy night and the auburn-haired woman who had poured it for him. His thoughts turned to Lilli at odd times, coming to him without warning and stabbing him with their futility. She had said no to him. And the very fact that she hadn’t attempted to contact him or make any inquiry about him told Webb she hadn’t changed her mind. She intended to stay with the man she had married.MoreLess
On the first day of spring roundup, the morning gather of bawling cattle was bunched about a hundred yards away from the chuckwagon where the bulk of the cowboys had collected. Webb was standing a little off to himself, not joining in with the men and trying to be one of them.
The branding fires were hot, the irons lying in them, ready for an afternoon’s work. Webb swirled the coffee liquid and dregs in his... cup, mixing them together before drinking the black and bitter stuff.
In a curious flash of memory, he recalled another cup of coffee he’d drunk on a stormy night and the auburn-haired woman who had poured it for him. His thoughts turned to Lilli at odd times, coming to him without warning and stabbing him with their futility. She had said no to him. And the very fact that she hadn’t attempted to contact him or make any inquiry about him told Webb she hadn’t changed her mind. She intended to stay with the man she had married.MoreLess
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