
After a long Pacific return and several California excursions, your party took a stage toward the eastbound railroad. One more coach and train may finally turn our journeys into the beginning of an ordinary home. You step into this one-chapter preview with Ruth Craig at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. The party was unhurt, stranded, and divided while the only transport raced farther away by the minute. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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