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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Wrecker by Stevenson & Osbourne: upwards of forty pounds avoirdupois of coined gold, and close
on two hundredweight of Chile silver! What! ain't that good
enough to fetch a fleet? Do you mean to say that won't affect a
ship's compass? Do you mean to tell me that the lookout won't
turn to and SMELL it?" he cried.
Mac, who had no part nor lot in the bills, the forty pounds of
gold, or the two hundredweight of silver, heard this with
impatience, and fell into a bitter, choking laughter. "You'll
see!" he said harshly. "You'll be glad to feed them bills into the
fire before you're through with ut!" And he turned, passed by
himself out of the ring of the firelight, and stood gazing
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