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`` All right , '' Ross soothingly agreed ; `` but you 'll have to keep quiet till you get over this fever you 're suffering from . '' `` If Lize were n't so far away , she 'd come and nurse me -- I 'm pretty sick . This stone-cutting -- this inside work is hell on an old cow-puncher like me . '' Swenson came back to say that probably Redfield and the doctor would reach The Station by noon , and thereafter , for the reason that Cavanagh expected their coming , the hours dragged wofully . It was after one o'clock before Swenson announced that two teams were coming with three men and two women in them . `` They 'll be here in half an hour . '' The ranger 's heart leaped .