"Oh, it ain't the boys I'm worried about," he said, lifting his eyebrows at Willa. "If she takes anything after the like of Givens' women that have come before, she'll be a firecracker. My gun and badge'll be big to any boy dumb enough to come around, but daughters..." He smiled.

"Let's just say I've seen what a little girl of 11 can survive and what she can do at all of 15." They weren't to be underestimated.

At least Raylan was fair in that.