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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: 'In the second,' continued the other, 'it is plainly my duty to
leave no stone unturned for the recovery of the lost antique.'
'My dear fellow, Semitopolis has come down like a trump; he has
pocketed the loss and left you the profit. What more would you
have?' enquired the lawyer.
'I conceive, sir, under correction, that Mr Semitopolis's
generosity binds me to even greater exertion,' said the
drawing-master. 'The whole business was unfortunate; it was--I
need not disguise it from you--it was illegal from the first: the
more reason that I should try to behave like a gentleman,'
concluded Pitman, flushing.
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