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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: did at the river."
He took her hand, and his heart bounded. "You're a gentleman!" he
exclaimed.
It was now her turn to be overcome with merriment. "I've always
wanted to be a man," she said.
"I am mighty glad you ain't," said he, looking at her.
But Molly had already received enough broadsides for one day. She
could allow no more of them, and she took herself capably in
hand. "Where did you learn to make such pretty speeches?" she
asked. "Well, never mind that. One sees that you have had plenty
of practice for one so young."
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