“My, OH, MY, DON’T the world look brighter this day. Does Hilda know? How about Slim?” “I don’t think so, and don’t you dare tell them,” Milli suddenly had a vision of all the people standing in a line she’d have to deal with and it made her weary just thinking about it. Hilda would give her a sound dressingdown and then she and Granny would be in the corner, their heads together making big plans about the future. “Well, it does look brighter,” Rosa declared. “Me and Buster were scared we’d be kicked off the ranch. That woman told Buster just a few minutes ago the first thing she was doing was getting rid of us. Would have been a hard choice for Beau, but if she was his wife, and all…” “Oh, that’s where Beau would have held the line, I’m sure. Besides I don’t know if the world is all that much better today or not, Rosa. Seems to me like that the world has fallen down around my ears in the last twenty-four hours and I’ve completely lost control.
