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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Octopus by Frank Norris: worst of it."
"How the worst?"
"I'm afraid, honestly, I'm afraid it is going to turn his wits,
sir. It's broken him; oh, you should see him, you should see
him. A shambling, stooping, trembling old man, in his dotage
already. He sits all day in the dining-room, turning over
papers, sorting them, tying them up, opening them again,
forgetting them--all fumbling and mumbling and confused. And at
table sometimes he forgets to eat. And, listen, you know, from
the house we can hear the trains whistling for the Long Trestle.
As often as that happens the Governor seems to be--oh, I don't
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