"I reckon if you give me until tomorrow," Ransie pleaded, "I might be able to scrape it up somewhere.

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said Ransie. "Unless you're in such a hurry to get away that you don't want me to say it."

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Ransie showed no emotion. But he reached out his big hand and took Ariela's thin one.

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