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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Essays of Travel by Robert Louis Stevenson: 'Hullo,' said he, 'here's some real work coming - I'm off,' and he
was gone that moment. Again, calculating the six guinea passage-
money, and the probable duration of the passage, he remarked
pleasantly that he was getting six shillings a day for this job, 'and
it's pretty dear to the company at that.' 'They are making nothing
by me,' was another of his observations; 'they're making something by
that fellow.' And he pointed to the Devonian, who was just then busy
to the eyes.
The more you saw of Alick, the more, it must be owned, you learned to
despise him. His natural talents were of no use either to himself or
others; for his character had degenerated like his face, and become
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