n order to preserve it. It’s generally considered desirable in the publishing business to take a certain liberty when depicting the cover scene. "To take liberties" with the truth is to exaggerate, distort or change it. "To depict" a scene is to describe it, or as here, to draw or paint it. For reasons involving the marketplace. A general economic term that refers to the economic marketplace, in which people buy and sell goods and services. The events that are described in there are taken from the account of eyewitnesses. In this case, an "account" is the description of an event told by one person to another. An "eyewitness" is a person who sees an event take place with their own eyes, and who may later testify about it in court. You have insulted the honor of this beautiful woman, Cochran. "To insult the honor" of a person is to insult or question their honesty, integrity or perhaps reputation. "Hot lead blazed from his smoking six-gun." A dramatic writing style!; "Hot lead" refers to bullets, and if something "blazes," it moves extremely quickly. A "six-gun" is a type of hand gun. First off, Cochran never carried two guns, though he should have. A good way to start a sentence when you want to say a list of things. That wasn’t because he was sporting two pistols, but because he had a dick so big that it was longer than the barrel of that Walker Colt that he had. "To sport a pistol" is to carry a gun, but this is rarely used. A "dick" is a common slang terms for a penis, and the "barrel" of a gun is the long tube that the bullets come out of. A Walker Colt is a type of gun. The only insulting he did was stick that thing into the French lady that English Bob was kind of sweet on. To be "sweet on" a person is to like them romantically, though this expression is rare. This is Little Bill’s way of saying that English Bob was angry at Cochran for having had sex with the French woman . That bullet whizzing by panicked old Cochran and he did the wrong thing. "To whiz by" is to travel through the air at very high speed. Bob here, he’s aiming real good, and he squeezes off another. "To aim" a gun is to point it exactly where you want to shoot. "To squeeze off" a shot is to fire a gun. He aims real careful, no hurry, and bam! "Bam" is the word ones uses to make the sound of an explosion. The Walker Colt blew up in his hand, which was a failing common for that model. "To blow up" is an important phrasal verb meaning to explode. That business in Jackson county. A "county" is an area of land that is usually bigger than a city, but smaller than a state. States are divided into counties. Two deputies pointing a rifle right up close at you, got you dead to rights. A "deputy" is a police officer who serves under a sheriff. "Dead to rights" is an
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