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“Coffee is important.”
“Your foot is not?”
“Less important than coffee.”
She reached for the medical box.
Nathaniel watched. “You are fussing.”
“I am preventing infection.”
“Fussing medically.”
“Would you prefer Martha?”
“No.”
“Then be quiet.”
He obeyed.
Eleanor looked up suspiciously. “That was too easy.”
“I am experimenting.”
“With obedience?”
“Yes.”
“How does it feel?”
“Unnatural.”
She laughed.
Nathaniel touched her cheek. “Worth it.”
Rebecca passed behind them. “If you kiss him while holding the salve, do not get it in his hair.”
Eleanor turned.
Rebecca kept walking.
Nathaniel whispered, “Useful advice.”
“Do not.”
He laughed anyway.
Chapter Nineteen
April 21-22, 1854
Prairie Camp
Mr. Henry Lawson died before dawn.
He had been ill when the train left Independence, though he told everyone it was merely a lingering cold. The wet days and difficult travel weakened him. On the evening before Mr. Lawson died, he asked to remain near the fire while the wagons settled.
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