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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: in the interval, smile upon him for a moment, and then vanish.
The sequel is stereo-type; he took the time by his watch, and
arrived at Broughty to learn it was the very moment of her
death. The incident is at least curious in having happened to
such a person - as the tale is being told of him. In all
else, he appears as a man ardent, passionate, practical,
designed for affairs and prospering in them far beyond the
average. He founded a solid business in lamps and oils, and
was the sole proprietor of a concern called the Greenside
Company's Works - `a multifarious concern it was,' writes my
cousin, Professor Swan, `of tinsmiths, coppersmiths, brass-
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