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The
Chinese
cook
served
his
supper
in
silence
.
Annixter
ate
and
drank
and
lighted
a
cigar
,
and
after
his
meal
sat
on
the
porch
of
his
house
,
smoking
and
enjoying
the
twilight
.
The
evening
was
beautiful
,
warm
,
the
sky
one
powder
of
stars
.
From
the
direction
of
the
stables
he
heard
one
of
the
Portuguese
hands
picking
a
guitar
.
But
he
wanted
to
see
Hilma
.
The
idea
of
going
to
bed
without
at
least
a
glimpse
of
her
became
distasteful
to
him
.
Annixter
got
up
and
descending
from
the
porch
began
to
walk
aimlessly
about
between
the
ranch
buildings
,
with
eye
and
ear
alert
.
Possibly
he
might
meet
her
somewheres
.
The
Trees
’
little
house
,
toward
which
inevitably
Annixter
directed
his
steps
,
was
dark
.
Had
they
all
gone
to
bed
so
soon
?
He
made
a
wide
circuit
about
it
,
listening
,
but
heard
no
sound
.
The
door
of
the
dairy
-
house
stood
ajar
.
He
pushed
it
open
,
and
stepped
into
the
odorous
darkness
of
its
interior
.
The
pans
and
deep
cans
of
polished
metal
glowed
faintly
from
the
corners
and
from
the
walls
.
The
smell
of
new
cheese
was
pungent
in
his
nostrils
.
Everything
was
quiet
.
There
was
nobody
there
.
He
went
out
again
,
closing
the
door
,
and
stood
for
a
moment
in
the
space
between
the
dairy
-
house
and
the
new
barn
,
uncertain
as
to
what
he
should
do
next
.
As
he
waited
there
,
his
foreman
came
out
of
the
men
’
s
bunk
house
,
on
the
other
side
of
the
kitchens
,
and
crossed
over
toward
the
barn
.
“
Hello
,
Billy
,
”
muttered
Annixter
as
he
passed
.
“
Oh
,
good
evening
,
Mr
.
Annixter
,
”
said
the
other
,
pausing
in
front
of
him
.
“
I
didn
’
t
know
you
were
back
.
By
the
way
,
”
he
added
,
speaking
as
though
the
matter
was
already
known
to
Annixter
,
“
I
see
old
man
Tree
and
his
family
have
left
us
.
Are
they
going
to
be
gone
long
?
Have
they
left
for
good
?
”
“
What
’
s
that
?
”
Annixter
exclaimed
.
“
When
did
they
go
?
Did
all
of
them
go
,
all
three
?
”
“
Why
,
I
thought
you
knew
.
Sure
,
they
all
left
on
the
afternoon
train
for
San
Francisco
.
Cleared
out
in
a
hurry
—
took
all
their
trunks
.
Yes
,
all
three
went
—
the
young
lady
,
too
.
They
gave
me
notice
early
this
morning
.
They
ain
’
t
ought
to
have
done
that
.
I
don
’
t
know
who
I
’
m
to
get
to
run
the
dairy
on
such
short
notice
.
Do
you
know
any
one
,
Mr
.
Annixter
?
”
“
Well
,
why
in
hell
did
you
let
them
go
?
”
vociferated
Annixter
.
“
Why
didn
’
t
you
keep
them
here
till
I
got
back
?
Why
didn
’
t
you
find
out
if
they
were
going
for
good
?
I
can
’
t
be
everywhere
.
What
do
I
feed
you
for
if
it
ain
’
t
to
look
after
things
I
can
’
t
attend
to
?
”
