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Man with No Name- Tuco's Gunshot

Nov 4th, 2023
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  1. Suddenly the silence of the street was shattered by a single gunshot. The hunter stilfend, his jaw sagging, his usually impassive face wearing an expression of astonished disbelief.
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  3. Sentenza stared at him. “What is it? What hit you ?”
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  5. “That shot,” the hunter said. “Every guns sings with a different voice and that’s one I have good reason to know.”
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  7. He whirled and strode down the street in the direction of the shot.
  8. ...
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  10. “A lot of time has passed since then, Tuco, Time enough for me to learn to shoot real good with my left hand. Now I’m gonna show you just how good I learned.” His eyes narrowed as his finger tightened on the trigger.
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  12. Tuco lifted his own gun out of the concealing suds and shot him precisely through the adam’s apple.
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  14. “When you’re going to shoot somebody,” he said coldly to the twitching figure on the floor, “shoot him. Don’t stand around trying to talk a man to death.”
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  17. The song ended abruptly in a choked gurgle. He sat up, his mouth open, gaping at the tall figure in the poncho who materialised in the doorway.
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  19. “Eh-eh-eh! Whitey? Is that really you or a ghost? It must be you because I don’t believe in ghosts. If there were such things—I would be followed by a crowd.”
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  21. - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly novel, chapters 15 and 16
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