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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: As the guard's whistle was blown:
"Have you got my bag, Peter?" said a plaintive voice.
"Yes, m'dear," and Sir Peter and Lady Tagel passed down the
platform. We watched them greedily.
The train began to move.
"The last lap," said Berry. "Courage, my travel-stained
comrades. Where was it we broke down? Oh, yes, Scrota Gruff.
Such a sweet name, so full of promise, so- "
Then he took his head in and pulled up the window.
"Fancy you two being in the next carriage all the time," said
Daphne. "I expect Boy's introduced himself, Julia dear. Yes, I
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