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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic: alone the better. It isn't as if we had a hired girl,
who'd come down and find him there, and give the whole
thing away. He's fixed up there perfectly comfortable;
and when he's had his sleep out, and wakes up on his
own account, he'll be feeling a heap better."
The argument might have carried conviction, but on the instant
the sound of footsteps came to them from the room below.
The subdued noise rose regularly, as of one pacing to and fro.
"No, Soulsby, YOU come back to bed, and get YOUR sleep out.
I'm going downstairs. It's no good talking; I'm going."
Brother Soulsby offered no further opposition, either by
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