I don't, if my boys can't, she wanted to say to them. Lorena had her face in her arms, but she could still hear him moan and gurgle for breath. They might go back to their families and let us be. They wanted to pretend that they wanted pretty dresses and smiles, when what they really wanted was for her to lay down under them.
Betsey worried about her constantly and tried to get her mother to do something. Why does he go off at night? Lorena asked. She didn't say much, and the mules didn't answer, but it made the long hot days pass a little faster. In dreams she saw her sons' faces, and when she awoke could not remember which son she had dreamed about.
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