The Transgressors
“Then, remembering, she sank back down on the bunk; glanced doubtfully at the knocked-together bolster which divided the bed.
She hadn’t approved of this arrangement at all. But the bolster did make it all right, she supposed. Or almost all right. She’d kept her clothes on. He’d kept his on, or most of them, she guessed. So everything was probably proper enough; and, anyway, she’d had no choice but to accept.
“Now, looky,” Lord had drawled. “You’re satisfied I ain’t a murderer, right? Ma...ybe I acted pretty stupid. Maybe I was looking for trouble. But I sure didn’t commit murder.”
“Oh, yes. I know you didn’t,” she said eagerly. “I’m so ashamed of myself, and I’m so grateful to you for—”
“No trouble at all. Just a matter of unloadin’ your gun while you slept, taking the lead out of the bullets, and reloadin’ it. Y’might say,” he grinned, “that I was more than glad to do it.”MoreLess
She hadn’t approved of this arrangement at all. But the bolster did make it all right, she supposed. Or almost all right. She’d kept her clothes on. He’d kept his on, or most of them, she guessed. So everything was probably proper enough; and, anyway, she’d had no choice but to accept.
“Now, looky,” Lord had drawled. “You’re satisfied I ain’t a murderer, right? Ma...ybe I acted pretty stupid. Maybe I was looking for trouble. But I sure didn’t commit murder.”
“Oh, yes. I know you didn’t,” she said eagerly. “I’m so ashamed of myself, and I’m so grateful to you for—”
“No trouble at all. Just a matter of unloadin’ your gun while you slept, taking the lead out of the bullets, and reloadin’ it. Y’might say,” he grinned, “that I was more than glad to do it.”MoreLess
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