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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Quick eyes took in the scene within the room.
"Hey!" he yelled. "Cut the rough stuff!" and leaped into
the room.
Pesita, surprised by the interruption, turned toward the
intruder before he had given the command to fire. A smile lit
his features when he saw who it was.
"Ah!" he exclaimed, "my dear Captain Byrne. Just in time
to see a traitor and a spy pay the penalty for his crimes."
"Nothin' doin'," growled Billy Byrne, and then he threw his
carbine to his shoulder and took careful aim at Pesita's face.
How easy it would have been to have hesitated a moment
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