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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: esteem.'
'A word is enough, Mr Pitman,' said Joseph, with one of his
Oriental reverences.
Half an hour later, the drawing-master found Michael in bed and
reading a book, the picture of good-humour and repose.
'Hillo, Pitman,' he said, laying down his book, 'what brings you
here at this inclement hour? Ought to be in church, my boy!'
'I have little thought of church today, Mr Finsbury,' said the
drawing-master. 'I am on the brink of something new, Sir.' And he
presented the advertisement.
'Why, what is this?' cried Michael, sitting suddenly up. He
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