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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, etc. by Oscar Wilde: dose, put the books back in their places, and strolled up St.
James's Street, to Pestle and Humbey's, the great chemists. Mr.
Pestle, who always attended personally on the aristocracy, was a
good deal surprised at the order, and in a very deferential manner
murmured something about a medical certificate being necessary.
However, as soon as Lord Arthur explained to him that it was for a
large Norwegian mastiff that he was obliged to get rid of, as it
showed signs of incipient rabies, and had already bitten the
coachman twice in the calf of the leg, he expressed himself as
being perfectly satisfied, complimented Lord Arthur on his
wonderful knowledge of Toxicology, and had the prescription made up
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