Chapter 37 continues
The story so far: Word gets out that the sheriff plans to deputize criminals.
No one spoke for a while. They could hear the frogs in the pond a ways off. The creatures sang to each other as they did most nights in the early summer. Baby Gregor began to fuss in his sling; Lily took a sip of her beer, then lifted him out of the sling and put the baby on her shoulder, patting his back and crooning.
"Give him to me," Anton said. He took the child from his wife and held him high in the air in front of him, arms outstretched. "Look how alert he is. His eyes are wide open."
"Be careful," Lily said. "His head isn't strong enough for that."
"He's stronger than you think," Anton said. "See? He stopped the noisemaking."
"You terrified him into silence."
"Do you think they'll terrify us into silence?" Katka asked. "This brute force squad?"