He could not think what he was doing, he wanted her so much; it caused him to play so badly that in an hour he had lost three months' wages. Lorena's indifference pained him more than anything he had ever experienced. Clara had shown her nothing but courtesy and had made her welcome in her house, whereas other respectable women had always shunned her because of the way she lived. You come to the wrong town, mister, Jennie said.
He felt more confused than he ever had in his life, whereas Wilbarger was a man who seemed far less confused than most. Jake was gambling and a fight got started, he said. They had put both pigs in it but the blue shoat jumped out and swam across. But she didn't have to let anyone into her room in Clara's house, though often she did let Betsey, who suffered from nightmares, into it.
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