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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: voice, a certain deadly intent which boded ill to anyone who might cross him
at that moment. Alfred's first impulse was a reckless desire to tell Col. Zane
he had nothing to explain and that he stood ready to give any satisfaction in
his power. But he wisely thought better of this. It struck him that this would
not be fair, for no matter what the girl had done the Colonel had always been
his friend. So Alfred pulled himself together and resolved to mane a clean
breast of the whole affair.
"Col. Zane, I do not feel that I owe your sister anything, and what I am going
to tell you is simply because you have always been my friend, and I do not
want you to have any wrong ideas about me. I'll tell you the truth and you can
be the judge as to whether or not I insulted your sister. I fell in love with
Betty Zane |
