Today's Stichomancy for Claire Forlani

The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter:

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"Samuel Whiskers has run up a bill as long as his tail; he has had an ounce and three- quarters of snuff since October.

"What is seven pounds of butter at 1/3, and a stick of sealing wax and four matches?"

"Send in all the bills again to everybody `with compliments,'"