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Out of the corner of his eye, without seeming ™ pay attention, he watched Slim Girl with relish a | she said and did exactly the right things, giving ar | excellent impersonation of just any attractive | woman. 1 Now Jesting Squaw’s Son dismounted bef:=x | the hogahn and stood beside him, looking anxic= and hesitant. It was plain to see that he was coo | cerned only lest there should be some estrang= | ment between them, lest an alien life might hax made a gulf. Friendship stood firm and true. & they embraced and wrestled and spoke loudly = | each other. 1 He faced his father last, and most anxious! § Two Bows had held back from the others; his wes | an awkward position in this matter. Long days <¢ 1 teaching the jeweller’s craft, hunts together, lex } sons in the trail and the bow, work shared, he? § brought them very near to each other. They wers | father and son, and they were close friends . Laughing Boy admired and emulated the ol: 3 warrior, and he could confide in him. Two Bows + saw some of himself bearing fruit anew in the your: | brave. And yet, in a matter like this, his rights | were only those of courtesy — to Laughing Boy's | own clansmen, to his mother and her brothers. | was the decision. He could only watch for the 4 time when his purely personal influence migh:

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