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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: it won't be Crest Hill.... But it's hard on Teddy. He must be in
such a mess up there. Poor old chap. I suppose we can't help
him. I suppose we'd only worry him. Have some more soup
George--while there is some?..."
The next day was one of those days of strong perception that
stand out clear in one's memory when the common course of days is
blurred. I can recall now the awakening in the large familiar
room that was always kept for me, and how I lay staring at its
chintz-covered chairs, its spaced fine furniture, its glimpse
of the cedars without, and thought that all this had to end.
I have never been greedy for money, I have never wanted to be
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