"And that keeps the people of the town from having a chance to say what they want done with it."

It was exactly as Chance had said, a fool idea.

I thought that affair last night went very well,' Chance said.

"Small chance of that," said Mother as she left the room.

They wanted, Chance said, a private session with me in the cell.

"I knew putting the three of you together in one room was a mistake," said Chance.

"Not much chance that they will attack the post," said King.

"At least I was given the choice and the chance to say good-bye."

"One last chance," he said to the mad eyes in that blue face.

'A chance in a million,' he was saying and Lee could not help but agree with him.