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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson: a thorough gentleman, as he is.'
'A gentleman!' cried Nance. 'The dirty knave!'
'Well, I calls a man like that a gentleman,' returned the
ostler; 'that's what I mean by a gentleman.'
'You don't know much of them, then,' said Nance.
'A gentleman would scorn to stoop to such a thing. I call my
uncle a better gentleman than any thief.'
'And you would be right,' said Mr. Archer.
'How many snuff-boxes did he get?' asked Jonathan.
'O, dang me if I know,' said Sam; 'I didn't take an
inventory.'
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