table, and had picked up the scraps of cotton and gauze off the floor.  All that was left to do was sterilize the instruments, and Dessie would do that, while Dr. Hall checked on David.  He had shown her how to do it before, and it was very simple, really, so that’s what she set out to do, while the doctor’s footsteps faded down the hallway towards David’s little room.

     Christine sat by lamplight, sewing on a button for Ryan’s shirt.  She’d glance at him for a moment, then put her eyes back on the task at hand.  Ran was repairing a leather, broken bit on the horse’s bridle, and was not having an easy time of it.  He was getting very frustrated, and decided, after a while, to lay it aside.  He crawled over to where Christine’s roc...

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