But as the girl timidly accosted him, he gave a convulsive movement and saved his respectability by a vigorous side-step. He did not risk it to save … - Stephen Crane

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But as the girl timidly accosted him, he gave a convulsive movement and saved his
respectability by a vigorous side-step. He did not risk it to save a soul. For how was he to
know that there was a soul before him that needed saving?

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Stephen Crane (1 November 1871 – 5 June 1900) was an American novelist, poet and journalist.

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