{"product_id":"2940149330768","title":"The Tempering","description":"Excerpt-He stood measuring the stranger for an uncompromising matter of moments before he spoke, and when words came they were couched in a steely evenness of tone. \"So ye've heerd of me--hev ye?\"\u003cbr\u003eHe paused a moment after that, his face remaining mask-like, then he went on:\u003cbr\u003e\"I reckon whatever ye heered tell of me war either right favourable or right scandalous--dependin' on whether ye hed speech with my friends--or my enemies. I've got a lavish of both sorts.\"\u003cbr\u003eMcCalloway also stiffened at the note of challenge.\u003cbr\u003e\"I never talked to any one about you,\" he rejoined crisply. \"I read your name in newspapers--as did many others, I dare say.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes. I reckon ye read in them papers thet I kilt Old Man Carr. Wa'al, thet war es true es text. I kilt him whilst he was aimin' ter lay-way me. He'd done a'ready kilt my daddy an' I was ridin' inter Marlin Town ter buy buryin' clothes--when we met up in ther highway. Thet's ther whole hist'ry of hit.\"","brand":"Kartindo Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079540687088,"sku":"2940149330768","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149330768_p0.jpg?v=1763715054","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149330768","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}