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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: knees I am not mad!'
'You are not!' she cried, panting.
'I know,' he said, 'that to a superficial eye my conduct may
appear unconventional.'
'If you are not mad, it was no conduct at all,' cried the girl,
with a flash of colour, 'and showed you did not care one penny
for my feelings!'
'This is the very devil and all. I know--I admit that,' cried
Gideon, with a great effort of manly candour.
'It was abominable conduct!' said Julia, with energy.
'I know it must have shaken your esteem,' said the barrister.
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