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LAavgHING Boy 267 out any specific reason, that he should keep a vigil over Slim Girl, but he became so sleepy. He went in by the fire, pulled sheepskins about him- self, and slept. In the morning he brought her food and tended her wound. After they had eaten and smoked, he spoke. ‘You have lived in a terrible world that I do not know. I cannot judge you by my world. I think I understand. You have deceived me, but you have not been untrue to me, I think. Life with- out you would be a kind of death. Now I know that I do not have to do what I thought I had to, and I am glad for it. Now I know you, and there is no more of this secret thing that has been a river between us. ‘As soon as you are able, we shall go North. If there is a place where you have relatives, we can go there. If not, we can go to T’o Tlakai, or some place where your clan is strong, or wherever vou wish. We shall get the sheep that my mother is keeping for me, and we shall buy others. and we shall live among The People. That is the only way, I think. ‘Understand, if we go on together. it is in my world, The People’s world, and not this world of Americans who have lost their way.’ They kissed.

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