Newt and the other boys raced to town, leaving Pea Eye far behind, but once they got there they felt somewhat at a loss as to what to do first. She was particularly fascinated by the one with the scarred face. He sat down on a big rock to let the heat dry him. It didn't seem normal to him.
Roscoe had to admire Janey's spunk. I always worry about that thin ice. At times when life seemed all trouble, the sight of Gus, untouched by all that went on around him, was difficult to bean. She kept the money for her children, she said--but Bob could never be sure she wasn't keeping it so she could leave if she took a notion.
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