It was go ahead or go back, and he didn't mean to go back. One beer was sufficient to make Jimmy Rainey start vomiting all over again. Even hearing Clara josh with Gus was pleasant. If the fire gets loose you might have trouble.
He liked to joke. Po Campo had anticipated their condition and had a surprise waiting for them--a sugary cobbler made with dewberries he had picked. The fact that the first group drug back in ones and twos, looking horrible, in no way discouraged them. People got opinions, that's all they've got, the old man grumbled.
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