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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevenson: that I know not. When shall I receive proofs of the MAGNUM
OPUS? or shall I receive them at all?
The return of the Amanuensis feebly lightens my heart. You
can see the heavy weather I was making of it with my unaided
pen. The last month has been particularly cheery largely
owing to the presence of our good friends the CURACOAS. She
is really a model ship, charming officers and charming
seamen. They gave a ball last month, which was very rackety
and joyous and naval. . . .
On the following day, about one o'clock, three horsemen might
have been observed approaching Vailima, who gradually
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