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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Emma McChesney & Co. by Edna Ferber: were a week earlier or a week later, I'd be tempted to--shake
you!"
Buck stood up, came over to her, and laid a hand very gently on
her arm. With the other hand he took the letter from her
fingers.
"Emma, you're tired, and a little excited. You've been under an
unusual physical and mental strain for the last few weeks. Give
me that letter. I'll answer it. This kind of thing"--he held
up the letter--"has meant everything to you. If it had not,
where would I be to-day? But to-night, Emma, it doesn't mean a
thing. Not--one thing."
Emma McChesney & Co. |
