I did not want to promise you anything before I knew how the court went.”

“How many buyers?”

“Two.

The one from Rowan County is the serious one.

He asked about your south field by name.”

I picked up the trunk.

“Then we will not keep him waiting.”

Claire set the plates down and then went back to the stove for the pot, because she always forgets one thing and remembers it after everybody sits.