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Updated: May 12, 2025
As he wrote down a careful list of the things they were to take in their swags he looked up and actually suggested that she should wire to her uncle for the money so that they need not waste a day more. As for the prospect of work, that worried him not at all. "You're always sure of a meal, anyway, if you're a sun-downer," he said. "And usually there's a job of sorts that'll keep you in grub.
The ranch dogs started their inharmonious chorus, and experience taught him that there are only two things which will stir the lazy ranch dog to vocal protest; the advent of the disreputable sun-downer, and the run of driven cattle. He quickly discovered, at sight of a thick rising dust to the westward of the ranch, that the present disturbance was not caused by any ragged "bum."
And that's all anyone can do at present, padre, so have a cigarette and sit down. I hope you haven't changed your old habits, as you are just in time for a sun-downer. Orderly!" He pulled up a large easy-chair, and Peter subsided into it with a pleasant feeling of welcome. He remembered, now, having heard that Donovan was at Havre, but it was none the less a surprise to meet him.
A small woman was sitting in a chair reading the Tatler and smoking. An empty glass stood beside her. She looked up as he came in, and he noticed R.A.M.C. badges. "Good-evening," he said cheerily. "Good-evening, padre," she replied, plainly willing to talk. "Where have you sprung from?" "Abbeville via Eu in a convoy of Red Cross cars," he said, "and I feel like a sun-downer.
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