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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Malbone: An Oldport Romance by Thomas Wentworth Higginson: AUNT JANE was eager to hear about the ball, and called
everybody into her breakfast-parlor the next morning. She was
still hesitating about her bill of fare.
"I wish somebody would invent a new animal," she burst forth.
"How those sheep bleated last night! I know it was an
expression of shame for providing such tiresome food."
"You must not be so carnally minded, dear," said Kate. "You
must be very good and grateful, and not care for your
breakfast. Somebody says that mutton chops with wit are a great
deal better than turtle without."
"A very foolish somebody," pronounced Aunt Jane. "I have had a
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