The Suggs brothers all took naps, but Frog Lip sat by the spring all afternoon, cleaning his guns. The medal had a green ribbon on it, but the color had mostly faded out. It was true. The cook's got a donkey, only he don't ride it, Pea Eye remarked.
Things thought and things said didn't make much difference and with Gus spending all his time with the woman there was very little said anyway. Though recovered from his drunk, he didn't feel very vigorous--lack of proper sleeping conditions was slowly breaking down his health, it seemed. I guess it ain't, old-timer, he said. What did that have to do with the Captain being his father? Woodrow don't like to admit that he's like the rest of us, Augustus said, seeing the boy's perplexity.
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