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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: square a second young man made his appearance, walking slowly
and softly, and like the first, muffled to the nose. Before
the house he paused, looked all about him with a swift and
comprehensive glance; and seeing the square lie empty in the
moon and lamplight, leaned far across the area railings and
appeared to listen to what was passing in the house. From
the dining-room there came the report of a champagne cork,
and following upon that, the sound of rich and manly
laughter. The listener took heart of grace, produced a key,
unlocked the area gate, shut it noiselessly behind him, and
descended the stair. Just when his head had reached the
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