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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: thought a great deal of the animal. In fact, a certain girl, who
was much in his thoughts, and whose picture in the little locket
on his breast often inspired him to sing, had given him the dog
and her blessing when they kissed good-by and he started on his
Northland quest.
"What d'ye say?" Hitchcock repeated.
"Mebbe it's not so serious," Hawes answered with deliberation.
"Most likely it's only a girl's story."
"That isn't the point!" Hitchcock felt a hot flush of anger sweep
over him at their evident reluctance. "The question is, if it is
so, are we going to stand it? What are we going to do?"
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