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“I don’t like sending that boy off to sit up with a whore,’ [Woodrow Call] said.
‘He’s young and innocent,” Augustus [McCrae] said. ‘That’s why I picked him. He’ll just moon over her a little. If I’d sent one of the full-grown rowdies, Jake might have come back and shoot him. I doubt he’d shoot Newt.’
‘I doubt he’ll even come back, myself,’ Call said. ‘That girl ought to have stayed in Lonesome Dove.’
‘If you was a young girl, with life before you, would you want to settle in Lonesome Dove?’ Augustus asked. ‘Maggie done it, and look how long she lasted.’
‘She might have died anyplace,’ Call said. ‘I’ll die someplace, and so will you – it might not be no better place than Lonesome Dove.’
‘It ain't dying I’m talking about, it’s living...’”
- Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove”
― Lonesome Dove Hardcover Novel Collection by Larry McMurtry 7 Book Set
‘He’s young and innocent,” Augustus [McCrae] said. ‘That’s why I picked him. He’ll just moon over her a little. If I’d sent one of the full-grown rowdies, Jake might have come back and shoot him. I doubt he’d shoot Newt.’
‘I doubt he’ll even come back, myself,’ Call said. ‘That girl ought to have stayed in Lonesome Dove.’
‘If you was a young girl, with life before you, would you want to settle in Lonesome Dove?’ Augustus asked. ‘Maggie done it, and look how long she lasted.’
‘She might have died anyplace,’ Call said. ‘I’ll die someplace, and so will you – it might not be no better place than Lonesome Dove.’
‘It ain't dying I’m talking about, it’s living...’”
- Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove”
― Lonesome Dove Hardcover Novel Collection by Larry McMurtry 7 Book Set
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