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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson: said; to-day it was beyond his power, to-day he durst not. 'Is
that royal?' cried indignant Mr. Rick. No, it was not royal; had
the king been of a royal character we should ourselves have held a
different language; and royal or not, he had the best of the
dispute. The terms indeed were hardly equal; for the king was the
only man who could restore the tapu, but the Ricks were not the
only people who sold drink. He had but to hold his ground on the
first question, and they were sure to weaken on the second. A
little struggle they still made for the fashion's sake; and then
one exceedingly tipsy deputation departed, greatly rejoicing, a
case of brandy wheeling beside them in a barrow. The Rarotongan
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