The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: to change it at once at the counter. Ivan Mironov
gave the coupon to the waiter and asked for
change. The waiter, however, did not bring the
change, but came back with the manager, a bald-
headed man with a shining face, who was holding
the coupon in his fat hand.
"Your money is no good," he said, showing the
coupon, but apparently determined not to give it
back.
"The coupon must be all right. I got it from
a gentleman."
 The Forged Coupon |