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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells: refused its office altogether.
For some moments Sir Richmond sat like a man of stone.
"I must wind it up " he said at last in a profound and awful
voice. "I must wind it up."
"I get out, don't I?" asked the doctor, unanswered, and did
so. Sir Richmond, after a grim search and the displacement
and replacement of the luggage, produced a handle from the
locker at the back of the car and prepared to wind.
There was a little difficulty. "Come UP!" he said, and the
small engine roared out like a stage lion.
The two gentlemen resumed their seats. The car started and
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