Lonesome tried to hide his surprise that Katie and Tommy lived in an old line-shack. It jutted out in the back where someone had slapped on a narrow rectangular room maybe six feet wide and eight feet long by Brooke's estimation. He hid his shock well, so that Katie would not be even more embarrassed than she was pretending not to be. There was a dignity to her that made her attractive, rising well above her circumstances. Lonesome knew what she was, but it did not matter to him. She was a good woman, fallen on hard times.