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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells: clenched like a bomb. White believes firmly that Benham thought he
would be able to dominate everytt up. I will sit here a moment and
pull myself together. Perhaps I'm--I must be shot. But it seemed
to come--inside me. . . . If I should be hurt. Am I hurt? . . .
Will you see to that book of mine, White? It's odd. A kind of
fainthness. . . . What?"
"I will see after your book," said White and glanced at his hand
because it felt wet, and was astonished to discover it bright red.
He forgot about himself then, and the fresh flight of bullets down
the street.
The immediate effect of this blood was that he said something more
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