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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: Stone?" "Oh, no," her reply, though somewhat faint, was emphatic,
and he frowned.
"Why not?" aggressively. "I trust you do not share Barbara's
suddenly developed prejudice against the good doctor."
"I do not require a physician," she said evasively. "I am well."
McIntyre regarded her vexedly. He could not decide whether her
flushed cheeks were from fever or the result of exertion or
excitement. Excitement over what? He looked about the room; it
reflected the taste of its dainty owner in its furnishings, but
nowhere did he find an answer to his unspoken question, until his
eye lighted on a box of rouge under the electric lamp on her
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