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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: in the face of him the hot passion and quickness of deed that had earned for
him the name "Fighting Dick Curtis."
"Let me put it to the test," she heard Mrs. Grantly saying;. "Let Miss Story
try Planchette. There may be a further message."
"No, no, I beg of you," Aunt Mildred interposed. "It is too uncanny. It surely
is wrong to tamper with the dead. Besides, I am nervous. Or, better, let me go
to bed, leaving you to go on with your experiments. That will be the best way,
and you can tell me in the morning." Mingled with the "Good-nights," were
half-hearted protests from Mrs. Grantly, as Aunt Mildred withdrew.
"Robert can return," she called back, "as soon as he has seen me to my tent."
"It would be a shame to give it up now," Mrs. Grantly said. "There is no
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