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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: believe what I say--why, by God! you can kill me!"
Aiken heaved a great breath.
"Buck Duane, whether I'm impressed or not by what you say
needn't matter. You've had accusers, justly or unjustly, as
will soon appear. The thing is we can prove you innocent or
guilty. My girl Lucy saw my wife's assailant."
He motioned for the crowd of men to open up.
"Somebody--you, Sibert--go for Lucy. That'll settle this
thing."
Duane heard as a man in an ugly dream. The faces around him,
the hum of voices, all seemed far off. His life hung by the
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