The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: wares of the small fruiterer or tobacconist; twice he
returned hurriedly upon his former course; and then, as
though he had suddenly conquered a moment's hesitation, once
more set forth with resolute and swift steps in the direction
of Lincoln's Inn. At length, in a deserted by-street, he
turned; and coming up to Harry with a countenance which
seemed to have become older and whiter, inquired with some
severity of speech if he had not had the pleasure of seeing
the gentleman before.
'You have, sir,' said Harry, somewhat abashed, but with a
good show of stoutness; 'and I will not deny that I was
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