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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: "But where will you sit, Adam?"
"I shall lean elegantly against the chimney-piece and tell you a
fairy story."
"I'm all for the story, but I think you'd better be a child and
sit on the hearthrug, too. There's plenty of room."
"A child," said I, sitting down by her side. "My dear, do you
realize that I'm as old as the Cotswold Hills."
"There now, Adam. And so am I."
"No," I said firmly, "certainly not."
"But- "
"I don't care. You're not. Goddesses are immortal and their
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