Mmmm. It was Thanksgiving, so Ennis ended up at Alma's new home for a chew, "sitting between his girls and talking horses to them, telling jokes, trying not to be a sad daddy."
After pie, Alma got him in the kitchen to chew the fat.
He soon realized that she wanted to chew him up about what she had had to chew on for years and years.
Ennis knew this was no time to quietly chew the cud and let Alma chew over his life.
Since he had bitten off more than he could chew, he got the hell out of there before she could chew him "out" for all the world to see.
=aside= Sandy
Great round announcement.