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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The School For Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan: may do discredit to her Wealthy Children--else I should not
have presumed to trouble you.--
SURFACE. Dear Sir--there needs no apology--He that is in Distress
tho' a stranger has a right to claim kindred with the wealthy--
I am sure I wish I was of that class, and had it in my power
to offer you even a small relief.
SIR OLIVER. If your Unkle, Sir Oliver were here--I should have
a Friend----
SURFACE. I wish He was Sir, with all my Heart--you should not want
an advocate with him--believe me Sir.
SIR OLIVER. I should not need one--my Distresses would recommend
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