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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: were having a little supper. We became deeply interested
in the discussion as to which one of the cast is responsible
for a scene in the sketch that lately has fallen so flat that
the piece is about to become a failure. We may have
been rather noisy and intolerant of interruption by the
restaurant people; but the matter was of considerable
importance to all of us. You see that we are sober and
are not the kind of people who desire to raise disturbances.
I hope that the case will not be pressed and that we may
be allowed to go."
"Who makes the charge?" asked the sergeant.
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