The ranchero was tall, perhaps an inch or so taller than Drew, and his body had the leanness of the men who worked the range country, possessing, too, a lithe youthfulness of carriage.
The guy had owned his spread for the last 10 years and worked it alone.
mnli hypothesis: The guy had owned his spread for the last 10 years and worked it alone. premise: The ranchero was tall, perhaps an inch or so taller than Drew, and his body had the leanness of the men who worked the range country, possessing, too, a lithe youthfulness of carriage.