She remarked it, but it was the same to her as if he had spoken with his old gentle warmth.

"But I reckon I won't.

Only, I'll say that mercy an' goodness, such as is in you, though they're the grand things in human nature, can't be lived up to on this Utah border.

Life's hell out here.

You think--or you used to think--that your religion made this life heaven.