Between Heaven And Texas
“Graydon was impressed.
“I wasn’t too excited about letting you and Mary Dell help with the lambing . . .”
“Really?” Lydia Dale teased. “Gee, I’d never have guessed. You being so reluctant to give your opinions and all.”
Graydon scratched his left ear and smiled a little. “I deserved that. Anyway, I wanted to tell you I was wrong . . .”
“Beg pardon?” Lydia Dale cupped her hand to her ear.
“I was wrong.”
Lydia Dale laughed. “I just wanted you to say it again. That’s the first time in my life I’ve... ever heard a man come right out and say so.”
“Well, savor the experience. Could be a long time before it happens again.”
It was close to morning. Lydia Dale smiled to herself as they walked through the half-light of the coming dawn, past a pen where newborn lambs slept peacefully next to their dozing mothers, toward another that held ewes with blue marks on their coats, indicating the presence of twins in utero. It was quiet. For the first time in days, none of the sheep seemed to be in labor, not one of them was bleating or bawling in distress.MoreLess
“I wasn’t too excited about letting you and Mary Dell help with the lambing . . .”
“Really?” Lydia Dale teased. “Gee, I’d never have guessed. You being so reluctant to give your opinions and all.”
Graydon scratched his left ear and smiled a little. “I deserved that. Anyway, I wanted to tell you I was wrong . . .”
“Beg pardon?” Lydia Dale cupped her hand to her ear.
“I was wrong.”
Lydia Dale laughed. “I just wanted you to say it again. That’s the first time in my life I’ve... ever heard a man come right out and say so.”
“Well, savor the experience. Could be a long time before it happens again.”
It was close to morning. Lydia Dale smiled to herself as they walked through the half-light of the coming dawn, past a pen where newborn lambs slept peacefully next to their dozing mothers, toward another that held ewes with blue marks on their coats, indicating the presence of twins in utero. It was quiet. For the first time in days, none of the sheep seemed to be in labor, not one of them was bleating or bawling in distress.MoreLess
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