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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: talk, you know. But she has been seeing something of Dick
Livingstone."
"Doctor Livingstone! She'd be throwing herself away!"
"Yes, but she's like that. I mean, she isn't ambitious. We've
always expected her to throw herself away; at least I have."
A half hour later Leslie, upstairs, leaned over the railing to see
if there were any indications of departure. The door was open, and
Mrs. Sayre evidently about to take her leave. She was saying:
"It's very close to my heart, Nina dear, and I know you will be
tactful. I haven't stressed the material advantages, but you might
point them out to her."
The Breaking Point | 
