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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: much for his bright, buoyant spirits and his generous, reckless
nature, and had given him the permanent ENTREE to his studio.
When Hughie came in he found Trevor putting the finishing touches
to a wonderful life-size picture of a beggar-man. The beggar
himself was standing on a raised platform in a corner of the
studio. He was a wizened old man, with a face like wrinkled
parchment, and a most piteous expression. Over his shoulders was
flung a coarse brown cloak, all tears and tatters; his thick boots
were patched and cobbled, and with one hand he leant on a rough
stick, while with the other he held out his battered hat for alms.
'What an amazing model!' whispered Hughie, as he shook hands with
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