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He was hoping she would be in a talking mood. Jasper Fant in particular had taken to watching his own droppings closely. In fact, she could remember a thousand meals when Bob hadn't said a word. She went right back into the tent.

Now a week had passed and the Americanos showed no sign of stopping. The sky had turned to grasshoppers--it seemed that simple. They all treated swimming the river like a frolic, though they had been anxious about it for a week. He was wiping out glasses with a little white towel and setting each one carefully on a shelf.