Part 2: Chapters 34-37 Summary

Lorena's spirits clear with the morning sun, and Jake rides off to look for her horse. While she is resting, Gus rides up leading her mare, telling her that she looks as pretty as the morning, and asks where Jake is. When Lorie tells him, he laughs and says they should call him back before he gets lost. He fires a couple of shots in the air, and by the time the bacon has finished cooking, Jake has returned in a foul temper. He thinks Gus has tried to sneak in for a poke, and complains that there is such a thing as too much of his company. He tells Gus that they'll be headed for San Antone. However, Lorie isn't going back. Jake is stunned that Lorie is defying him, and when he insists and she refuses again...