Stoica had gone as suddenly as he'd arrived, leading the donkey back into the night.

The gunslinger came down the hill slowly, leading the donkey on which his waterskins sloshed.

He arrived on foot leading the donkey, on which his wife sat with the baby in her arms.

The path from the farmhouse to the camp was a fairly good one, and the boys had no difficulty in leading the donkey along.

"Now, then, little missis," said the younger man, rising, and leading the donkey forward, "tell us where you live; what's the name of the place?"