“This is yours, I’ll pay the stable bill later.” I slid a bill into his hand. “Get going.”
Up in my room again, I found Milk River and the girl sitting around a bottle of liquor. I gave my oath of office the laugh to the extent of three drinks. We talked and smoked a while, and then the party broke up. Milk River told me he had the room next to mine.
I added another word to the report I had started, decided I needed sleep more than the client needed the report, and went to bed.