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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Wrecker by Stevenson & Osbourne: "He's up town," returned the other.
"Up town!" sneered Pinkerton. "Now, I'll tell you what you are:
you're a Fraud; and if I wasn't afraid of dirtying my boot, I
would kick you and your dinner into that dock."
"I'll tell you something, too," retorted the captain, duskily
flushing. "I wouldn't sail this ship for the man you are, if you
went upon your knees. I've dealt with gentlemen up to now."
"I can tell you the names of a number of gentlemen you'll never
deal with any more, and that's the whole of Longhurst's gang,"
said Jim. "I'll put your pipe out in that quarter, my friend.
Here, rout out your traps as quick as look at it, and take your
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