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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: turned and passed out.
"Oh, how dreadful!" cried Betty, dropping upon a bench with a sob of relief.
"I am glad you came when you did even though you frightened me more than he
did. Promise me that you will not do Miller any further harm. If you had
fought it would all have been on my account; one or both of you might have
been killed. Don't look at me so. I do not care for him. I never did. Now that
I know him I despise him. He lost his senses and tried to kiss me. I could
have killed him myself."
Wetzel did not answer. Betty had been holding his hand in both her own while
she spoke impulsively.
"I understand how difficult it is for you to overlook an insult to me," she
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