Smith sat with back to Wade, opposite Belllounds.

The other men completed the square.

All were close enough together to reach comfortably for the cards and gold before them.
Wade's keen eyes took this in at a single glance, and then steadied searchingly for smaller features of the scene.

Belllounds had no weapon.
Smith's belt and gun lay in the sunlight on the hard, clay floor, out of reach except by violent effort.

The other two rustlers both wore their weapons.