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AT HIS WORDS, Maggie almost choked on her mouthful of coffee, though she made a gallant attempt to sound cheerful.

“My goodness,” she said. “You certainly have to give that man credit. I only talked to Ralph Wall about twelve hours ago, and he’s already spread the word over the entire county?”

“Let me tell you, if your goal was to spread the word,” Doug said grimly, “you couldn’t have picked a better man. The whole town’s in an uproar.”

“It is?”

“Folks are arguing with each other down at the Longhorn over their coffee this morning, and talking about you at the beauty parlor and the feed store. J. T. McKinney and his wife have already organized a community meeting at their ranch tomorrow night to discuss this threat to the community. And Mary Gibson and her husband aren’t speaking to each other.”