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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain: only man who knew he was innocent. I could have saved him, and--
and--well, you know how the town was wrought up--I hadn't the pluck
to do it. It would have turned everybody against me. I felt mean,
ever so mean; ut I didn't dare; I hadn't the manliness to face
that."
Mary looked troubled, and for a while was silent. Then she said
stammeringly:
"I--I don't think it would have done for you to--to--One mustn't--
er--public opinion--one has to be so careful --so--" It was a
difficult road, and she got mired; but after a little she got
started again. "It was a great pity, but-- Why, we couldn't afford
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