They turned with great care and, stiff-backed, walked away as Duvarney followed them. He glanced once at the body of Pinto Hart. A tough, reckless man, and a game one. It was a pity, but he had thought of himself as a good man with a gun, and that kind of belief can get a man killed. A reputation for being tough can give a man some standing with his fellows, but there always comes a time when a man has to back it up, and the same men who praised your skill will sneer at it by comparison with the man who shoots you.
(from Matagorda, by Louis L'Amour)
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