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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: Ungenerous!'
The sharpness of the attack somewhat restored the Squire of
Dames to the possession of himself.
'Madam,' he returned, with a fair show of stoutness, 'I do
not think that hitherto you can complain of any lack of
generosity; I have suffered myself to be led over a
considerable portion of the metropolis; and if I now request
you to discharge me of my office of protector, you have
friends at hand who will be glad of the succession.'
She stood a moment dumb.
'It is well,' she said. 'Go! go, and may God help me! You
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