The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Summer by Edith Wharton: "I don't want any chance you can give me: I'm glad he's
going away," she said.
He kept his place a moment longer, his hand on the
door-knob. "Charity!" he pleaded. She made no answer,
and he turned the knob and went out. She heard him
fumble with the latch of the front door, and saw him
walk down the steps. He passed out of the gate, and
his figure, stooping and heavy, receded slowly up the
street.
For a while she remained where he had left her. She
was still trembling with the humiliation of his last
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