“You ain’t going to take my mule into that water,” I say.
Jewel looks at me. His eyes look like pieces of a broken plate. “I’ll pay for your damn mule. I’ll buy it from you right now.”
“My mule ain’t going into that water,” I say.
“Jewel’s going to use his horse,” Darl says. “Why won’t you risk your mule, Vernon?”
“Shut up, Darl,” Cash says. “You and Jewel both.”
“My mule ain’t going into that water,” I say.