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We can't just stop and die, Call said. His mind slipped again, and when he awoke next it was dark. He had to cover himself with saddle blankets, though he kept his gun hand free and managed to stay awak Why would you want to keep in practice being wrong? Call asked.

Call saw that everyone was looking at him, the hands and cowboys and townspeople alike. Fowler laughed and said no more. I admire his conversation. He had always worried about quicksand, and now he was in a place where all he could see, for miles around, was a colder version of quicksand.