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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Copy-Cat & Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: The next morning early, before the dew was off
the young grass, Stephen Wheaton started with the
wagon-load, driving the great gray farm-horse up
the side of Silver Mountain. The road was fairly
good, making many winds in order to avoid steep
ascents, and Stephen drove slowly. The gray farm-
horse was sagacious. He knew that an unaccustomed
hand held the lines; he knew that of a right he should
be treading the plowshares instead of climbing a
mountain on a beautiful spring morning.
But as for the man driving, his face was radiant,
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