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The girl watched him curiously, after a brief glance at Jim, who was sitting very straight, obviously fighting back the words which choked him. There was a pause, and then North halted before her. "I trust that you will not complicate matters by adhering to this hasty resolution, Miss Murdaugh.
I don't care who she really is, she's the most wonderful girl I know. She wouldn't even sign herself 'Murdaugh' after they questioned her right; she used the name of the gambler chap who'd been so good to her." "How did she learn it?" Thode asked quickly. "He was known only as 'Gentleman Geoff' in Limasito. I'm certain she herself never heard the name there."
North, and I've seen men going the way Vernon's headed for, just because nobody believed there was anything in him to hold him back. I'm trusting Vernon to pay it back and that's the very reason why he will." Mr. North cleared his throat. "You're a a damn'-fine young woman, Willa Murdaugh and an uncommonly wise one! We'll give the boy a chance. I hope he will realize some day what he owes to you."
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