 Another very interested party is Josephine Storrs, who once was Larkin's woman but has recently married Charlie instead.In the town of Silver City, where he is not known, Larkin settles down and opens a mining assayer's office.Candace Surrency is pleased when Larkin confirms the value of the ore sample she brought him, but distressed because her dad, Dutch, is leasing the mine and has just 12 days to get while he can before mineral rights revert to the already rich and wealthy RR Jarboe.