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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: Pitman waved it from him with his hand. 'Don't let me lose all
self-respect,' he said.
'Anything to oblige a friend,' returned Michael. 'But I'm not
going to drink alone. Here,' he added to the waiter, 'you take
it.' And, then, touching glasses, 'The health of Mr Gideon
Forsyth,' said he.
'Meestare Gidden Borsye,' replied the waiter, and he tossed off
the liquor in four gulps.
'Have another?' said Michael, with undisguised interest. 'I never
saw a man drink faster. It restores one's confidence in the human
race.
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