"Couple of days and I'll have him out for a little exercise.

Lucky thing it was a clean wound and didn't nick the bone.

Soon as it's healed over he'll never know he was plugged." Harding considered his young friend with twinkling eyes.

"Queer thing to me," he said, "is how you and this gent Gregg have hit it off so well together.

Might almost say it was like you'd shot Gregg and now was trying to make up for it.