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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: "You've got your courage with you," he observed. "How long do you
suppose it will be after you set foot on the streets of this town
before you're arrested? How do you know I won't send for the
police myself?"
"I know damned well you won't," Dick said grimly. "Not before I'm
through with you. You've chosen to interest yourself in me. I
suppose you don't deny the imputation in that letter. You'll grant
that I have a right to know who and what you are, and just what you
are interested in."
"Right-o," the reporter said cheerfully, glad to get to grips; and
to stop a fencing that was getting nowhere. "I'm connected with
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