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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, etc. by Oscar Wilde: heartburn.'
'I have brought you a cure for that, Lady Clem,' said Lord Arthur
gravely. 'It is a wonderful thing, invented by an American.'
'I don't think I like American inventions, Arthur. I am quite sure
I don't. I read some American novels lately, and they were quite
nonsensical.'
'Oh, but there is no nonsense at all about this, Lady Clem! I
assure you it is a perfect cure. You must promise to try it'; and
Lord Arthur brought the little box out of his pocket, and handed it
to her.
'Well, the box is charming, Arthur. Is it really a present? That
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