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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Philosophy 4 by Owen Wister: "Mr. Diggs, I have put up with many things, and am expecting to put up
with many more. But you'd behave better if you consorted with
gentlemen."
The door slammed and she was gone. Not a word to either of the boys,
not even any notice of them. It was thorough, and silence consequently
held them for a moment.
"He didn't mean anything," said Bertie, growing partially responsible.
"Didn't mean anything," repeated Billy, like a lesson.
"I'll take him and he'll apologize," Bertie pursued, walking over to
Billy.
"He'll apologize," went Billy, like a cheerful piece of mechanism.
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