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asking himself what he'd gotten into with this
    favor.
    "I'll check into renting a mount for you."
    "Uncle Marty has two horses now. He said I can take
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    one of his."
    So Brace knows about this,
    Outwardly Dakota nodded calmly, but his mind was
    already doing mental calisthenics as he went over the route
    to Blake and then on to Stillwater. The terrain wasn't bad,
    but it wasn't always the safest. On his own he wouldn't
    have given it a thought. Taking Darvi put it in a whole new
    light
    "What if we took the stage to Blake and then rented
    horses for Stillwater?"
    Without so much as a moment's hesitation, Darvi shook
    her head no. She didn't look stubborn, just certain. Dakota
    decided to let it drop,
    "Okay. How early do you want to leave?"
    "I was thinking five."
    Again Dakota was surprised but only nodded. Maybe it
    was for the best. He was coming to see that Darvi Wingate
    was one classy, sophisticated woman. More than likely
    they would have to take it slowly. Leaving early would
    help get them there in a more reasonable time frame.
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    "I'll see you Tuesday," Dakota supplied.
    "Thank you, Dakota," she said, her face no longer businesslike
    but wreathed in soft, delighted lines.
    Dakota couldn't help but respond. He smiled back,
    replaced his hat, and turned toward the door. He didn't
    know what the next week would bring, but he was fairly
    certain it wouldn't be dull.
    like a child at christmas, dakota sat down under the
    large shade tree, leaned against it for comfort, and opened
    the package he had just bought from the general store. It
    had taken some searching, but he finally had it.
    Moving as though touching the pages might damage
    them, Dakota opened a book that boasted the gold-tone
    title Holy Bible on the cover. He didn't read at first but just
    paged through, recognizing books that he'd discussed with
    Desmond and realizing he knew just where he wanted to
    read. He searched for a full five minutes for the book of
    Galatians before turning to the index in the front After
    finally finding it, he settled in to study. So much was
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    unclear to him, but he kept at it until the fifth chapter,
    where things fell a little more into place.
    It was good to recognize things that both the pastor and
    Dr. Scott had referred to. Dakota read the chapter twice and
    sat mulling over several problematic issues. Of all the
    things that suddenly became dear to him, one was the
    thought he'd had while sitting in church the day before:
    The Bible didn't talk about things for no reason.
    "If Paul talks about this, it must have been a problem." Dakota heard his own voice and stopped. "How did they know the writing was from Paul?"
    With that Dakota was off again. He spent the next several
    hours reading and rereading, trying to get a grasp of
    the text and suddenly realizing it must have been a letter.
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    Shaking his head at times in complete confusion, Dakota
    came away with one certainty: There was a way that God
    wanted men to act, and it was laid out in this book. It didn't
    all make sense, but Dakota vowed in his heart to learn that
    way and do his best to follow it
    S^S1*^"
    "Do you want any more coffee?" Darvi asked Brace that
    night
    "No, thank you."
    "All right. I'll go ahead and wash the pot"
    Taking her uncle's coffee mug, Darvi made swift work
    of the kitchen detail. When she came back into the living
    room, she took a comfortable chair and put her feet up.
    "I enjoyed coming, Uncle Marty. Thank you."
    He waved at her as if she'd imagined his care of her.
    "Youll have a good time with Merry/' he said, ignoring
    her thanks. "But you've got an early morning coining up,
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    so you'd best head up to bed."
    "All right"
    Darvi stood and went to his chair. She was going to lean
    down to kiss his cheek but suddenly stopped.
    "I'm leaving after such a short time, Uncle Marty. I feel
    a little bad about that"
    There was no ducking the issue this time. Her uncle
    looked her in the eye and