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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis: instant I might do something to betray myself. I cut the manager
short, paid my bill, got my luggage, and ordered the chauffeur to
drive to the Grand Central Station. But when we had gone three
or four blocks, I said to him: 'Stop!--I do not wish to go to the
Grand Central Station. Drive me to Poughkeepsie!' I wished a
chance to think. I knew Poughkeepsie was not far from New York
City, but I supposed it was far enough to give me a chance to
determine what to do next by the time we arrived there.
"But I could not think coherently. I could only feel and fear.
The drive was longer than I had expected, but when we arrived at
Poughkeepsie and the chauffeur asked me again what disposition to
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