"I'm sure they'll be back shortly to drag me off again," he teases. "After all, I believe I saw Mrs. Parker plotting something over with the other ladies," he adds, just low enough so that she can hear it.

He does keep a respectable distance between the two of them, of course.

Doc smirks just a little.

"And besides," he drawls, softly. "What sort of rugged outlaw would I be if I didn't rescue the fine young Miss at some point in the evenin'?"