Yes it is perfectly acceptable:)
<span>i would think Might makes right. these were not highly educated people. I doubt they would understand the other alternatives you offered. But if you could put the ideas into simple words they might. But then would it be your understanding or the characters?
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The second answer is the closest.
I think spiteful
dally was not in a good place mentally if this is where I think it is in the book