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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Montezuma's Daughter by H. Rider Haggard: meet his end at my hand, and it was for this reason chiefly that he
strove to kill me when first we met.
'The duello has its laws, senor,' he said courteously. 'It is not
usual to fight thus unseconded and in the presence of a woman. If
you believe that you have any grievance against me--though I know
not of what you rave, or the name by which you call me--I will meet
you where and when you will.' And all the while he looked over his
shoulder seeking some way of escape.
'You will meet me now,' I answered. 'Draw or I strike!'
Then he drew, and we fell to it desperately enough, till the sparks
flew, indeed, and the rattle of steel upon steel rang down the
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