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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: and every mask. Most men did not clamor to be placed upon this
committee, while the very ones who least desired the honor were
the ones whose services were most required. The chaplain was not
well enough acquainted with the faces and places of the
townspeople to know whom to admit and whom to turn away. In like
condition were the several other worthy gentlemen who would have
asked nothing better than to so serve. To fill the coveted place,
Mrs. McFee would have risked her chance of salvation, and did, one
night, when a certain trio passed in under her guns and muddled
things considerably before their identity was discovered.
Thereafter only the fit were chosen, and very ungracefully did
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