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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Europeans by Henry James: do you?--so one must make the most of what one can get.
I shall be most happy to dine with you whenever you
will let me; but I want to be able to ask you sometimes.
And I want to be able to ask Mr. Acton," added the Baroness.
"You must come and ask me at home," said Acton.
"You must come and see me; you must dine with me first.
I want to show you my place; I want to introduce you to my mother."
He called again upon Madame M; auunster, two days later.
He was constantly at the other house; he used to walk across
the fields from his own place, and he appeared to have fewer
scruples than his cousins with regard to dropping in.
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