|
The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Pool in the Desert by Sara Jeanette Duncan: suffered, I suppose, to the extent of her capacity. You would not
have have increased it.'
'I don't know, I should have preferred not to measure it.'
'Besides, that was not quite the sort of thing I had in mind. I was
thinking more of the--separations.'
'Ah!' said Madeline.
'It's not fair to ask women to live much in India. Sometimes it's
the children, sometimes it's ill health, sometimes it's natural
antipathy to the place; there's always a reason to take them away.'
'Yes,' said Madeline, turning a glance of scrutiny on him. His face
was impassive; he was watching mechanically for a chance to slay a
| 
