All 5 Uses of

consequence
in
Lonesome Dove

As a consequence they got little to eat and were no longer as fat as they had been the day they arrived.†
Chpt 17-18

consequence = result

Instead, he had made the worst possible choice and left Roscoe to suffer the consequences.†
Chpt 28-29 *

consequences = results

Lippy had got out to help push and consequently was covered in mud practically up to his lip.
Chpt 32-33

consequently = resultantly (as a result)

"Then he'll have to suffer the consequences," Dan said.†
Chpt 64-65

consequences = results

"The consequences of that would be that somebody would have to dig your grave," he said.†
Chpt 64-65

Definitions:

(1) (consequence as in: a direct consequence of)
a result of something (often an undesired side effect)
(2) (consequence as in: of little consequence)
importance or relevance
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

In classic literature, consequential may refer to someone with too much feeling of self-importance as when Dickens wrote "Because he's a proud, haughty, consequential, turned-up-nosed peacock."

Self-consequence was used in a similar manner, but is more easily understood by modern readers since important is one of the modern senses of consequence.

Another classic sense of consequent that is similar to importance or significance refers to "material wealth or prominence" as when Jane Austen wrote: "They had each had money, but their marriages had made a material difference in their degree of consequence."