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click on pic for 800 X 600 imageTessa has dismissed the stable help and is washing a horse, waiting for Raoul to return.
...which he does, but with gun drawn and a demand for all her gold, not just the ten reals. But how about a kiss to seal the bargain. Yucccck.
Then ensues a protracted struggle, Tessa sends the horse over the top of the nasty brigand. Then she grabs a pitchfork and dashes up the hill, where she faces off with Raoul in the shadow of her father's grave. He taunts her with a lie about her father's dying a coward. Tessa's pitchfork drives home. Too late, she sees her hope for learning the truth dying with the scoundrel. Heartbroken, she vows that if she cannot avenge her own father, she will help someone else avenge his. Tessa heads for town. and arrives at night fall. Hmmm, Dr. Helm out for a night's stroll? Nope. He's tracking blood spatters from his AMA patient. Honor Thy Father...page seven
