He took off his sombrero and passed his hand slowly across his forehead, then looked at her with a dumb appeal.
"I only want you to do the thing you think is square, Dan." Once more he winced.
Then, slowly: "I'm tryin' to be square.

Tryin' hard.

I know you got a claim in her.

But it seems like I have, too.

She's like a part of me, mostly.