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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: "You wouldn't care to sell it, I suppose?"
"The bottle? Not on your life."
He untied a tin cup from his saddle and carefully poured a fair
amount into it, steadying the horse the while.
"Here," he said, and passed it over. "But you'd better cut it out
after this. It's bad medicine. You've got two good drinks there.
Be careful."
Dick took the cup and looked at the liquor. The odor assailed him,
and for a queer moment he felt a sudden distaste for it. He had a
revulsion that almost shook him. But he drank it down and passed
the cup back.
The Breaking Point | 
