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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett: captain was very grave indeed, and I bade my inward spirit keep
close to discretion.
"Poor Mrs. Begg has gone," I ventured to say. I still wore my
Sunday gown by way of showing respect.
"She has gone," said the captain,--"very easy at the last, I
was informed; she slipped away as if she were glad of the
opportunity."
I thought of the Countess of Carberry, and felt that history
repeated itself.
"She was one of the old stock," continued Captain Littlepage,
with touching sincerity. "She was very much looked up to in this
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