Today's Stichomancy for Lucky Luciano

The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Arizona Nights by Stewart Edward White:

She gulped down a sob, unable to comprehend the purport of his question. "How old are you, Estrella?" he repeated again. "Twenty-one," she gasped finally. "Ah!" said he. He stood for a moment in deep thought, then began methodically,