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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Human Drift by Jack London: Here it is.
FITZSIMMONS. Too late. It won't save you. This club must be
kept respectable. Thieves cannot be tolerated.
MAUD. [Growing alarm.] But you won't have me arrested?
FITZSIMMONS. I certainly will.
MAUD. [Pleadingly.] Please! Please!
FITZSIMMONS. [Obdurately.] I see no reason why I should not.
MAUD. [Hurriedly, in a panic.] I'll give you a reason--a--a good
one. I--I--am not Harry Jones.
FITZSIMMONS. [Grimly.] A good reason in itself to call in the
police.
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