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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: too, and seemed to believe themselves, that it was only temporary.
At first the thought had been more than she could bear. But she
had to live her life, and in such a way as to hide her fears.
Perhaps it was good for her, the necessity of putting up a bold
front, to join the conspiracy that was to hold Dick's place in the
world against the hope of his return. And she still went to the
Sayre house, sure that there at least there would be no curious
glances, no too casual questions. She could not be sure of that
even at home, for Nina was constantly conjecturing.
"I sometimes wonder-" Nina began one day, and stopped.
"Wonder what?"
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