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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Market-Place by Harold Frederic: He looked up at her with a clear, bold eye, in which,
despite its gloss of good-humour, she discerned a new authority.
The nervous and apprehensive lines had somehow vanished from
the countenance, and with them, oddly enough, that lethargic,
heavy expression which had been their complement.
He was all vigour, readiness, confidence, now. She deemed
him almost handsome, this curious, changeable brother
of hers, as he beat with his fist in a measured way
upon the desk-top to emphasize his words, and fastened
his commanding gaze upon her.
"We took very nearly twenty thousand pounds to-day,"
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