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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard: can drag that old sinner back from the pit that awaits him, it
will be worth doing. Only I have my doubts about him. To me he
seems to bear a strong family resemblance to Beelzebub, and he's
a bad companion week in and week out."
We went through the portico, Yva leading us, and passed the
fountain of Life-water, of which she cautioned us to drink no
more at present, and to prevent him from doing so, dragged Tommy
past it by his collar. Bickley, however, lingered under the
pretence of making a further examination of the statue. As I had
seen him emptying into his pocket the contents of a corked bottle
of quinine tabloids which he always carried with him, I guessed
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