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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Wife, et al by Anton Chekhov: some business matter with me. He comes in to me with his hat and
his stick, and, holding out both these objects to me, says:
"Only for a minute! Only for a minute! Sit down, _collega_! Only
a couple of words."
To begin with, we both try to show each other that we are
extraordinarily polite and highly delighted to see each other. I
make him sit down in an easy-chair, and he makes me sit down; as
we do so, we cautiously pat each other on the back, touch each
other's buttons, and it looks as though we were feeling each
other and afraid of scorching our fingers. Both of us laugh,
though we say nothing amusing. When we are seated we bow our
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