ATD question about Lake's speech (217)

[Jonathan Post]

On page 217 we find Lake's speech to Reef:
"How long before she'll see you or Frank again? You're off into that old
world o' family vengeance, it has its claim on you now, you're both out
lost in country you don't know how to get back in from. What do you think
it's like for her, that kind of 'business'? Might just as well be dead
already, the both of you. Damn fools."
   He didn't know yet what was behind that passionate speech, nobody did,
not quite yet.

Here is my confusion. This speech seems to be implying that Lake is
protecting Webb's killers, especially Deuce, but the burial takes place
before Lake even meets Deuce, right? Is my chronology wrong, or do I just
not understand the implications of that final sentence.
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