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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner: eyes half closed; the German puffing vigorously, and glancing up now and
again at the serene blue sky overhead.
"Supposing--you--you, in fact, made the remark to me," burst forth the
German suddenly, "that you were looking for a situation."
Bonaparte opened his mouth wide, and sent a stream of smoke through his
lips.
"Now supposing," said the German--"merely supposing, of course--that some
one, some one, in fact, should make an offer to you, say, to become
schoolmaster on their farm and teach two children, two little girls,
perhaps, and would give you forty pounds a year, would you accept it? Just
supposing, of course."
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