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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson: although as strong as a horse, he looked neither heavy nor
yet adroit, only leggy, coltish, and in the road. But it was
plain he was in high spirits, thoroughly enjoying his visit;
and he laughed frankly whenever we failed to accomplish what
we were about. This was scarcely helpful: it was even, to
amateur carpenters, embarrassing; but it lasted until we
knocked off work and began to get dinner. Then Mrs. Hanson
remembered she should have been gone an hour ago; and the
pair retired, and the lady's laughter died away among the
nutmegs down the path. That was Irvine's first day's work in
my employment - the devil take him!
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