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  “Like I said, I reckon so,” he replied. “All we can do is all we can do. It’s enough to get along with.”

  Gently but firmly he disengaged himself from Krysty’s loving arms and turned to look down at his companions.

  “Now let’s get along before that Sharp kid finds more limits to a baron’s gratitude and sends the cavalry after us.”

  Doc chortled, sprang to his feet like a much younger man and began to sing like a happy child.

  “Doc,” Mildred said as she winched her way painfully upright, “one thing you have to tell me before we go.

  “Just where did you learn ‘Singin’ in the Rain’?”

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