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I'm not going to accept your challenge. There will be no duel.""Why not? Because I'm a woman?""No, because I've seen the way you spinsters handle a pistol. You'd shoot me dead where I stood.

I'm not going to accept your challenge. There will be no duel.""Why not? Because I'm a woman?""No, because I've seen the way you spinsters handle a pistol. You'd shoot me dead where I stood.

Approximate author period: c. 2009 AD · contemporary

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Tessa Dare
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Approximate author period: c. 2009 AD · contemporary
Approximate author-period evidence for Tessa Dare: documented activity in 2009. Wikidata Q7705594, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7705594 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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