The store, she said, was in the next room.
Bud asked her what Little Lost meant, and she replied that she did not know, but that it might have something to do with Sunk Creek losing itself in The Sinks.

There was a Little Lost river, farther across the mountains, she said, but it did not run through Little Lost ranch, nor come anywhere near it.
After that she questioned him adroitly.

Perversely Bud declined to become confidential, and Honey Krause changed the subject abruptly.
"There's going to be a dance here next Friday night.

It'll be a good chance to get acquainted with everybody--if you go.

There'll be good music, I guess.