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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: him. She's as pretty as a red heifer in a flower bed."
Littlefield shoved the counterfeit dollar into his pocket,
and slipped his memoranda of the case into an envelope.
Just then a bright, winsome face, as frank and jolly as
a boy's, appeared in the doorway, and in walked Nancy
Derwent.
"Oh, Bob, didn't court adjourn at twelve to-day until
to-morrow?" she asked of Littlefield.
"It did," said the district attorney, "and I'm very glad
of it. I've got a lot of rulings to look up, and -- "
"Now, that's just like you. I wonder you and father
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