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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Daisy Miller by Henry James: Winterbourne walked to the middle of the arena, to take a more
general glance, intending thereafter to make a hasty retreat.
The great cross in the center was covered with shadow;
it was only as he drew near it that he made it out distinctly.
Then he saw that two persons were stationed upon the low steps which
formed its base. One of these was a woman, seated; her companion
was standing in front of her.
Presently the sound of the woman's voice came to him distinctly
in the warm night air. "Well, he looks at us as one of the old
lions or tigers may have looked at the Christian martyrs!"
These were the words he heard, in the familiar accent of
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