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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tono Bungay by H. G. Wells: "They might, of course. But they're not great at catching."
We went into the particulars of that difficulty. "They wouldn't
catch me, because I'd sink first. Give me a yacht," said
Gordon-Nasmyth; "that's all I need."
"But if you get caught," said my uncle.
I am inclined to think Gordon-Nasmyth imagined we would give him
a cheque for six thousand pounds on the strength of his talk. It
was very good talk, but we didn't do that. I stipulated for
samples of his stuff for analysis, and he consented--reluctantly.
I think, on the whole, he would rather I didn't examine samples.
He made a motion pocketwards, that gave us an invincible
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