“ Will I ever marry again?” Augustus “Gus” McCrae asked his cook after a meal, as they continue the long journey from Lonesome Dove, Texas, to Miles City, Montana, with a large herd of cattle to establish a ranch. The scene occurs in the famous TV mini-series, Lonesome Dove. The cook commands Gus to spit into the back of his wagon. Gus does and says something like, “ Well...
