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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Contrast by Royall Tyler: looked so like bargaining for a bale of goods, that she
found she ought to have rejected, according to every
rule of romance, even the man of her choice, if im-
posed upon her in that manner. Clary Harlow
would have scorned such a match.
CHARLOTTE
Well, how was it on Mr. Dimple's return? Did he
meet a more favourable reception than his letters?
LETITIA
Much the same. She spoke of him with respect
abroad, and with contempt in her closet. She watched
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