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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from My Antonia by Willa Cather: I don't think he cares much for Ordinsky, either. He said
once that if I had any complaints to make of my neighbours,
I mustn't hesitate.'
One Saturday evening when I was having supper with Lena, we heard a knock
at her parlour door, and there stood the Pole, coatless, in a dress shirt
and collar. Prince dropped on his paws and began to growl like a mastiff,
while the visitor apologized, saying that he could not possibly come
in thus attired, but he begged Lena to lend him some safety pins.
`Oh, you'll have to come in, Mr. Ordinsky, and let me see what's the matter.'
She closed the door behind him. `Jim, won't you make Prince behave?'
I rapped Prince on the nose, while Ordinsky explained that he had not
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