Contrary to the magazine article, his face did not betray his thoughts.

"Yore dad buy Jake off'n Bill for yo' all to ride ?" he asked suddenly.
"No.

Bill just lent him to me." "Hnh! Bill, he shore is generous-hearted to lend yuh Jake." "Yes," said Mary V, smiling at Tex innocently.

"Yes, isn't he ?" But Tex did not reiterate, as pleasant converse demanded.

He went off again into meditation so deep that it quite excluded Mary V.
"Yo' all going to help round up ?" Tex asked her suddenly.