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26 LAUGHING Boy The guide forked up. As they shook hands all around, elaborately, Navajo fashion, the Ameri- cans’ faces and voices seemed to grow very distant and uncertain. Riding away, Laughing Boy sighed deeply. ‘Let us go to a quiet place. I want to be sick.’ ‘I too. Later. at sunset, they went to wash at the pool, dipping up liquid silver and lilac in their hands. Thev lay back against the rock watching the sun go down, the shadows and lights on the water, the distant fires and people moving. They had slept, they felt very empty, clean, and peaceful. ‘Shall we try making a cigarette with that to- bacco?’ ‘Not vet, I think. Go tend your horse. It is time to eat again.’ ‘T go. I hope there will be much gambling after this.’

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