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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: With the aurora borealis glimmering yellow in the northeast, heads
bared to the frost and naked hands grasping the sacred book,
Fortune La Pearle swore him to the words he had spoken--an oath
which Uri Bram never intended breaking, and never broke.
At the door of the shack the gambler hesitated for an instant,
marvelling at the strangeness of this man who had befriended him,
and doubting. But by the candlelight he found the cabin
comfortable and without occupants, and he was quickly rolling a
cigarette while the other man made coffee. His muscles relaxed in
the warmth and he lay back with half-assumed indolence, intently
studying Uri's face through the curling wisps of smoke. It was a
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