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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: stay a moment longer in the same house with this unmanly fellow.
Here is my arm; let me take you where you will be secure from
insult.'
'Mr Forsyth,' returned Julia, 'you are right; I cannot stay here
longer, and I am sure I trust myself to an honourable gentleman.'
Pale and resolute, Gideon offered her his arm, and the pair
descended the steps, followed by Morris clamouring for the
latchkey.
Julia had scarcely handed the key to Morris before an empty
hansom drove smartly into John Street. It was hailed by both men,
and as the cabman drew up his restive horse, Morris made a dash
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