Both Uses of
mortality
in
Lonesome Dove
- A sad tone came into his voice from time to time, as if it pained him to have to remember that mortality could prevent him from doing her such a favor.†
Chpt 13-14 *
- The rest of them might fall by the wayside, their mortality taking gentle or cruel forms, but Gus would just go on talking.†
Chpt 58-59
Definition:
the quality of being mortal (subject to death)
or:
death rate -- often given per 1,000 people per year
or:
death rate -- often given per 1,000 people per year