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\"You——HAVE！\"hecried。\"Youdon’teventakethetroubleto——Youhavethefacetostandthereandtellme——\"
Healmostchoked。
\"CaptainDean，\"Iinterrupted，quickly，\"waitamoment。Listentome。IhavesoldColtontheland。Ididnotintendsellingitatall，leastofalltohim，butcircumstancescompelledmetochangemymind。IdiditbecauseIwasobligedto。Itisdone。IamsorryIhadtodoit，but，underthesameconditions，Ishoulddoitagain。Iamnotashamed。\"
Heleanedforward，steadyinghimselfwithahanduponthetable，andstaredatme。