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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: With cat-like swiftness Bland wheeled, then froze on the
threshold. His sight, quick as his action, caught Duane's
menacing unmistakable position.
Bland's big frame filled the door. He was in a bad place to
reach for his gun. But he would not have time for a step. Duane
read in his eyes the desperate calculation of chances. For a
fleeting instant Bland shifted his glance to his wife. Then his
whole body seemed to vibrate with the swing of his arm.
Duane shot him. He fell forward, his gun exploding as it hit
into the floor, and dropped loose from stretching fingers.
Duane stood over him, stooped to turn him on his back. Bland
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