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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard: however much he feared him, but everyone who came in touch with
her must have loved Yva.
Here I may break into my personal narrative to say that this,
by their own confession, proved to be true of two such various
persons as Bastin and Bickley.
"The truth, which I am sure it would be wrong to hide from you,
Arbuthnot," said the former to me one day, "is that during your
long illness I fell in love, I suppose that is the right word,
with the Glittering Lady. After thinking the matter over also, I
conceived that it would be proper to tell her so if only to clear
the air and prevent future misunderstandings. As I remarked to
When the World Shook |
