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The DOP probably had amassed a vast collection of statistics that clearly showed why the confluence of parolees and alcohol in close proximity to others drinking likewise was not a good thing. And when you threw in women, and more to the point, loose women, an apocalypse was the only likely outcome. === Betwixt old America where most now still live and new America that lies west of here. People pass through. Some stay. Most keep going because we can’t compete with the likes of Los Angeles and Frisco and that gambling haven in Las Vegas. === “She your wife?” asked Archer, though he saw no ring on her. ”I got me a wife, but she ain’t it,” said the man offhandedly. === “Been here a couple of minutes.” She did not return the gesture. ”Then you’re two minutes early.” “I guess my watch has the runs.” === “My way of looking at the world is that some folks do what they want, and they don’t care what happens to others, so long as it’s good for them.” “I try to be more optimistic.”