I've seen those pictures, too, CALLIE. I figured that house had to have been built into the
side of hill; surely otherwise that cow would fall through. Talk about a 'critter' landing on
the table!
I don't know, JOAN. I took the whole 'Nancy' thing pretty seriously, as it came close to
altering the road the boys took. Because of this infatuation, Rob changes his mind about homesteading. He wants to give up their dream of homesteading and continue to work in Gros Ventre. He has good explanations for this, of course. Angus should stay, too. The town would need a schoolteacher. And maybe later, when they were established and hand some funds, they could look for homesteads.
Angus finally decides the only thing he can do is leave, but in saying good-bye to Lucas he
unintentionally reveals why. Lucas handles it.
Q.. What do you think of Lucas way of handling this situation?? No direct confrontation. Just clear the temptation out of the way and offer a big, dangling carrot.
CALLIE, I had to smile at one of Doig's comments in his 'Acknowledgments'. He said some of
the poetry was, of course, Robert Burns, some of it was a combo 'Burns-Doig', and some was pure Doig. I did notice one or two that didn't really sound like Burns to me.
I think you're right about Rob expecting Angus to follow where he leads. It's understandable,
I suppose, as they grew up together in that relationship. Good catch, tho', that Rob may be
resenting the 'new' Angus. I hadn't caught that.
