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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: which sheltered the usual display of pipes, tobacco, and
cigars, there ran the gilded legend: 'Bohemian Cigar Divan,
by T. Godall.' The interior of the shop was small, but
commodious and ornate; the salesman grave, smiling, and
urbane; and the two young men, each puffing a select regalia,
had soon taken their places on a sofa of mouse-coloured plush
and proceeded to exchange their stories.
'I am now,' said Somerset, 'a barrister; but Providence and
the attorneys have hitherto denied me the opportunity to
shine. A select society at the Cheshire Cheese engaged my
evenings; my afternoons, as Mr. Godall could testify, have
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