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He says to Boggs, mighty ca'm and slow - he says: "I'm tired of this, but I'll endure it till one o'clock. Till one o'clock, mind - no longer. If you open your mouth against me only once after that time you can't travel so far but I will find you." Then he turns and goes in. The crowd looked mighty sober; nobody stirred, and there warn't no more laughing.

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