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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: to stay and hold him till morning. That was the best I could do.
I was sure lucky to come up with the band so soon. I had figured
right. I knew that guerrilla chief. He's a bandit in Mexico.
It's a business with him. But he fought for Madero, and I was
with him a good deal. He may be a Greaser, but he's white."
"How did you effect my release?"
"I offered them money. That's what the rebels all want. They
need money. They're a lot of poor, hungry devils."
"I gathered that you offered to pay ransom. How much?"
"Two thousand dollars Mex. I gave my word. I'll have to take
the money. I told them when and where I'd meet them."
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