"You tell 'm get to hell along beach.

Then I talk with you." Sheldon felt a slight vibration of the veranda, and knew that Joan had come out and was standing by his side.

But he did not dare glance at her.

There were too many rifles down below there, and rifles had a way of going off from the hip.
Again the veranda vibrated with her moving weight, and he knew that Joan had gone into the house.

A minute later she was back beside him.