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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: monster very well.'
'O, don't say that,' returned Gideon. 'This has been one of the
most amusing experiences of my life.'
'I don't think you'll forget it very soon,' said Julia. 'Your
hand will remind you.'
'Well, I suppose I must be going,' said Gideon reluctantly. 'No,'
pleaded Julia. 'Why should you? Stay and have tea with me.'
'If I thought you really wished me to stay,' said Gideon, looking
at his hat, 'of course I should only be too delighted.'
'What a silly person you must take me for!' returned the girl.
'Why, of course I do; and, besides, I want some cakes for tea,
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