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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Danny's Own Story by Don Marquis: She was an awful romanceful kind of girl. And
even the most sensible kind is said to be fools about
getting their hearts broke and pining away and
dying over a feller. I would hate to think Martha
had pined herself sick.
I couldn't shut my eyes to the fact we was en-
gaged to each other legal, all right. And if she
wanted to act mean about it and take it to a
court it would likely be binding on me. Then I
says to myself is she is mean enough to do that I'll be
derned if I don't go to jail before I marry her,
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