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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: so direct an appeal to her heart. If she were not afraid, at
least she knew some vague hint of anxiety.
She was still thinking of him when she fell asleep, and when she
awakened the first sound that fell on her ears was his tuneful
whistle. Indeed she had an indistinct memory of him in the night,
wrapping the blankets closer about her when the chill air had
half stirred her from her slumber. The day was still very young,
but the abundant desert light dismissed sleep summarily. She
shook and brushed the wrinkles out of her clothes and went down
to the creek to wash her face with the inadequate facilities at
hand. After redressing her hair she returned to the fire, upon
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