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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Torn; that the wily Frenchman saw; but now that
death was so close upon him that he felt its cold breath
condensing on his brow, he had no stomach to die, and
so he cast about for any means whereby he might es-
cape the result of his rash venture.
Presently he saw his opportunity. Norman of Torn
stood beside the body of one of his earlier antagonists.
Slowly the old man worked around until the body lay
directly behind the outlaw, and then with a final rally
and one great last burst of supreme swordsmanship,
he rushed Norman of Torn back for a bare step--it
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