It seemed to him he had never felt so lonely. Dust to dust, he said. On the way up the street he looked in every store, hoping he would find Elmira in one of them spending money like a normal woman. He went around behind the ban, got himself a bottle and brought it over to the table, grinning a big grin despite the heat.
He felt a little desperate about it. The man must have been standing behind the wagon. Of course, Gus was a famous man, in his way. In a few minutes the whole ground of his life had shifted, and he felt stricken with foreboding.
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