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"WELL, HERE'S WHERE we all find out if we was meant to be cowboys," Augustus said-for he had no doubt that Deets would soon be proved right about the coming storm. "Too bad it couldn't wait a day or two until some of you boys had more practice," he added. "I expect half of you will get trampled before the night is over, leaving me no way to collect my just debts."
"We have to expect it," Call said. "It's the stormy time of the year."