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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: the thing. On reflection, it's highly undesirable that either I
or Miss Hazeltine should linger here. We might be observed,' said
the president, looking up and down the river; 'and in my public
position the consequences would be painful for the party. And, at
any rate, it's dinner-time.'
'What?' cried Gideon, plunging for his watch. 'And so it is!
Great heaven, the piano should have been here hours ago!'
Mr Bloomfield was clambering back into his boat; but at these
words he paused.
'I saw it arrive myself at the station; I hired a carrier man; he
had a round to make, but he was to be here by four at the
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