The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw: Little more was said, except as to the chances--manifestly
small--of the rain ceasing, until the tops of a cab, a decayed
mourning coach, and three dripping hats were seen over the hedge.
Smilash sat on the box of the coach, beside the driver. When it
stopped, he alighted, re-entered the chalet without speaking,
came out with the umbrella, spread it above Miss Wilson's head,
and said:
"Now, if your ladyship will come with me, I will see you dry into
the stray, and then I'll bring your honored nieces one by one."
"I shall come last," said Miss Wilson, irritated by his
assumption that the party was a family one. "Gertrude, you had
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