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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Herland by Charlotte Gilman: our machine.
"Covered, too, by jingo! Would you think they had that
much sense?" cried Terry.
"If they had that much, they're likely to have more," I warned
him, softly. "Bet you the thing's watched."
We reconnoitered as widely as we could in the failing moonlight--
moons are of a painfully unreliable nature; but the growing dawn
showed us the familiar shape, shrouded in some heavy cloth
like canvas, and no slightest sign of any watchman near.
We decided to make a quick dash as soon as the light was strong
enough for accurate work.
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