Today's Stichomancy for Al Capone

The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Blix by Frank Norris:

first?" "She'll speak first," declared Condy. "Never!" returned Blix, in an indignant whisper. "I tell you what. We could go and then come back in five minutes. I'll forget my stick here. Savvy?" "You would probably do it anyhow," she told him.