Toward evening they topped a ridge and saw a surprising sight: four great herds of cattle, spread as far as one could see across the plain. They're burying him now. In the months he had worked for her their relations had been unchanged, and he supposed she would think him drunk or out of his head for raising such a thought. When he got there they were rolling on the ground, both red in the face but doing one another no harm.
Jasper Fant's head was splitting to such an extent that he couldn't bear to ride--he got off his horse and walked the last two miles, stopping from time to time to vomit. It didn't make sense, and he rode beside Mr. WHEN ELMIRA'S FEVER finally broke she was so weak she could barely turn her head on the pillow. Augustus and Pea Eye passed him nearly a mile from camp.
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