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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: movement, as though they were hung on a pivot, like a compass-needle. The nose
was long and hooked, and the mouth set in a thin, cruel line. There was in the
man's aspect an extraordinary combination of ignorance, vanity, cunning and
ferocity.
While the two chiefs held a short consultation, this savage-appearing white
man addressed the brothers.
"Who're you, an' where you goin'?" he asked gruffly, confronting Jim.
"My name is Downs. I am a preacher, and was on my way to the Moravian Mission
to preach to the Indians. You are a white man; will you help us?"
If Jim expected the information would please his interrogator, he was
mistaken.
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