She held his body in her arms, her face distorted by grief, dry sobs stabbing at her throat, hands stroking numbly at his back. She would remember for the rest of her life how it felt to have his warm blood running across her hands like water.
Fifty yards away, a father was leading his son, speaking to him in a stiff, proud voice.
“You’re a brave boy,” he said. “You did what had to be done. You’re a very brave boy. We’re all proud of you.”
He failed to notice the look his son directed at him; one of sickened hatred and disgust.
He only became aware of what his son was feeling when Robby jerked his left arm free and staggered away, moving past Louisa without a word, his face a rigid mask of pain as he strode unevenly across the square.
It was three minutes after three P.M., September 14, 1879. The end of the third day.
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THE GUN FIGHT
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