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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: about a six or seven. And the lady herself was of an excellent
beauty, like a whale's tooth for whiteness, so that all the crew
wondered at her, and could not be satisfied with looking upon her.
And, gentlemen, this was strange, that the lady seemed in no wise
afraid or mournful, and bid her little girl fear naught, as did
also Mr. Oxenham: but the lad kept a very sour countenance, and the
more when he saw the lady and Mr. Oxenham speaking together apart.
"Well, sir, after this good luck we were minded to have gone
straight back to the river whence we came, and so home to England
with all speed. But Mr. Oxenham persuaded us to return to the
island, and get a few more pearls. To which foolishness (which
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