"We'll get him, by golly, but we don't have to starve ourselves." "He wouldn't know we're after him," Lone agreed.

"He'll stick around so as not to raise suspicion.

And he might come back, most any time.

If he does, we'll say I'm out with you after coyotes, and we stopped here for a meal.

That's good enough to satisfy him--till you get the drop on him.
But I want to tell yuh, Swan, you can't take Al Woodruff as easy as you took me.