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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: body, and the driver sprang off as Jim Cardegee freed his hands
and drew himself from the hole.
"Jim!" The new-comer recognized him. "What's the matter?"
"Wot's the matter? Oh, nothink at all. It jest 'appens as I do
little things like this for my 'ealth. Wot's the matter, you
bloomin' idjit? Wot's the matter, eh? Cast me loose or I'll show
you wot! 'Urry up, or I'll 'olystone the decks with you!"
"Huh!" he added, as the other went to work with his sheath-knife.
"Wot's the matter? I want to know. Jes' tell me that, will you,
wot's the matter? Hey?"
Kent was quite dead when they rolled him over. The gun, an old-
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