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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mansion by Henry van Dyke: at least as far as the Newfoundland Station. Have you changed
your mind?"
"Not at all. I think it is an exceedingly foolish enterprise.
It would interrupt the career that I have marked out for you."
"Well, then, here's a cheaper proposition. Algy Vanderhoof wants
me to
join him on his yacht with--well, with a little party--to cruise
in
the West Indies. Would you prefer that?"
"Certainly not! The Vanderhoof set is wild and godless--I do not
wish to
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