Buchanan Says No
“Once there, they had pitched "last camp' a haphazard, temporary arrangement, and then proceeded to wait for the money man throughout that long, hellish, breezeless day. Now it was night again, with a thin crescent moon hanging in a cloudless sky, and there was no relief from the oppressive heat that bore down on them between the steep canyon walls. It was night and still they waited.
Four of them sat cross-legged beside the cooking fire, playing a listless, meaningless game with what cards stil...l remained from the dog-eared deck. They were rough men, hard-cases, and when the flickering light touched their begrimed, beard-stubbled faces, it revealed in all of them the same tense and brooding restlessness, an Impatience that was surly, dangerous.
Two others prowled aimlessly about the campsite on foot, pausing out of habit to watch the bored progress of the poker, then moving away again, carefully avoiding each other in the shadows, seeming not even to acknowledge another presence. They walked, separately, from the fire to the canyon's mouth, stared out over the black, craggy land, and silently cursed the man who hadn't arrived with their money.MoreLess
Four of them sat cross-legged beside the cooking fire, playing a listless, meaningless game with what cards stil...l remained from the dog-eared deck. They were rough men, hard-cases, and when the flickering light touched their begrimed, beard-stubbled faces, it revealed in all of them the same tense and brooding restlessness, an Impatience that was surly, dangerous.
Two others prowled aimlessly about the campsite on foot, pausing out of habit to watch the bored progress of the poker, then moving away again, carefully avoiding each other in the shadows, seeming not even to acknowledge another presence. They walked, separately, from the fire to the canyon's mouth, stared out over the black, craggy land, and silently cursed the man who hadn't arrived with their money.MoreLess
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