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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane: about her feet.
"What deh hell's deh matter wid yeh?" said a voice in the
gathered gloom, and Jimmie came forward. He carried a tin dinner-
pail in his hand and under his arm a brown truckman's apron done in
a bundle. "What deh hell's wrong?" he demanded.
"Come out, all of yehs, come out," his mother was howling.
"Come ahn an' I'll stamp her damn brains under me feet."
"Shet yer face, an' come home, yeh damned old fool," roared
Jimmie at her. She strided up to him and twirled her fingers in
his face. Her eyes were darting flames of unreasoning rage and her
frame trembled with eagerness for a fight.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets |
