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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson: "Rather for your indulgence to that unlucky young man, my lord," said
I.
He still skimmed the paper, and all the while his spirits seemed to
mend.
"And to whom am I indebted for this?" he asked presently. "Other
counsels must have been discussed, I think. Who was it proposed this
private method? Was it Miller?"
"My lord, it was myself," said I. "These gentlemen have shown me no
such consideration, as that I should deny myself any credit I can
fairly claim, or spare them any responsibility they should properly
bear. And the mere truth is, that they were all in favour of a process
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