Chapter 1 Section 9 Summary

In the morning, Allie makes the gunslinger breakfast. He asks her if she has a map of the desert. Taking this as a sign that he will be leaving, she becomes very upset. He walks to her and tells her that he is going to see the man who has his mule. He wants to get a map and to see that the mule continues to be looked after, if he is going to be staying a while. When he leaves she begins to cry in gratitude.

Chapter 1 Section 9 Analysis

The gunslinger can only think of how much further away the man in black is getting. He knows that the sorcerer has been heading south since he has been on his trail. Allie is already attached to the gunslinger. She is so attached, in fact, that she cries when she realizes...