Summary
Set in the dwindling desert town of Calent, the story centers on the marshal, mayor, and judge as they gather to play poker in the room above the old bar. Their banter over cards and liquor reveals how loosely the town’s power is exercised, even as they speak about law enforcement, public works, and a former woman of the town, Peg Nell, whose change in circumstances has become a subject of suspicion. The scene suggests a comic but sharp look at local politics, vice, and authority among the town’s self-styled leaders.
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