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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson: revolution long before; sold all that he could, and had all that
was movable transported to England through my firm. There are
considerable estates in England; Amersham Place itself is very
fine; and he has much money, wisely invested. He lives, indeed,
like a prince. And of what use is it to him? He has lost all that
was worth living for - his family, his country; he has seen his
king and queen murdered; he has seen all these miseries and
infamies,' pursued the lawyer, with a rising inflection and a
heightening colour; and then broke suddenly off, - 'In short, sir,
he has seen all the advantages of that government for which his
nephew carries arms, and he has the misfortune not to like them.'
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