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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: the expected blow)--'this little memento.'
"I had intended to slip a fiver into his hand, but for all his surprise, he
was too quick for me.
"'Aw, keep yer dirt,' he snarled.
"'I like you still better,' I said, adding a second fiver. 'You grow perfect.
But you must take it.'
"He backed away growling, but I caught him round the neck, roughed what little
wind he had out of him, and left him doubled up with the two fives in his
pocket. But hardly had the elevator started, when the two coins tinkled on the
roof and fell down between the car and the shaft. As luck had it, the door was
not closed, and I put out my hand and caught them. The elevator boy's eyes
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