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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: colour of our bank account in that case?'
'I will pay all expenses,' said Morris, with an inward struggle;
'you shall lose nothing.'
'Well,' said John, with a laugh, 'if the ex-s are yours, and
half-profits mine, I don't mind remaining here for a couple of
days.'
'A couple of days!' cried Morris, who was beginning to get angry
and controlled himself with difficulty; 'why, you would do more
to win five pounds on a horse-race!'
'Perhaps I would,' returned the Great Vance; 'it's the artistic
temperament.'
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