Cash sat rigid with his face to the fire, and would not look.
Lovin Child crawled all around him and growled his terriblest.

For some unexplainable reason it did not work.

Cash sat stiff as though he had turned to some insensate metal.

From where he sat watching--curious to see what Cash would do--Bud saw him flinch and stiffen as a man does under pain.

And because Bud had a sore spot in his own heart, Bud felt a quick stab of understanding and sympathy.