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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: very good turn into the bargain, by lending you the mansion,
with all its fittings, as it stands. The idea was sudden; it
appealed to me as humorous: and I am sure it will cause my
relatives, if they should ever hear of it, the keenest
possible chagrin. Here, then, is the key; and when you
return at two to-morrow afternoon, you will find neither me
nor my cats to disturb you in your new possession.'
So saying, the old lady arose, as if to dismiss her visitor;
but Somerset, looking somewhat blankly on the key, began to
protest.
'Dear Mrs. Luxmore,' said he, 'this is a most unusual
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