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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: mother's, and it's a bad clash."
"Your mother objected?" asked Orde.
Gerald laughed a little bitterly. "It was very bad," said he.
"You've grown horns, hoofs, and a tail overnight. There's nothing
too criminal to have escaped your notice. I have been forbidden to
consort with you. So has the general. The battle of last night had
to do with your coming to the house at all. As it is not Carroll's
house, naturally she has no right to insist."
"I shall not be permitted to see her?" cried Orde.
"I did not say that. Carroll announced then quite openly that she
would see you outside. I fancy that was the crux of the matter.
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