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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain: ordered, Mary--but I have never had much courage, and I have not the
pluck to try to market a cheque signed with that disastrous name.
It would be a trap. That man tried to catch me; we escaped somehow
or other; and now he is trying a new way. If it is cheques--"
"Oh, Edward, it is TOO bad!" And she held up the cheques and began
to cry.
"Put them in the fire! quick! we mustn't be tempted. It is a trick
to make the world laugh at US, along with the rest, and-- Give them
to ME, since you can't do it!" He snatched them and tried to hold
his grip till he could get to the stove; but he was human, he was a
cashier, and he stopped a moment to make sure of the signature.
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