... offers, and that these sinewy gentlemen, themselves joshers but not speech givers, always played by the rules As for them, they knew only what they’d heard, though they weren’t sure where they heard ... making up the details, but you get the picture One of the daughters becomes engaged to the son of a rancher, another prosperous fellow The Rancher and his wife invite the Engineer and the wife ... weekend and barbecue They’re sitting there in the big paneled living room looking out the picture window to the swimming pool and the white horse fences and the green meadows, and the Engineer notices...