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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Confidence by Henry James: from Dresden to this place?"
"I did n't come with them; I came a week later."
"My dear fellow," said Bernard, "that distinction is unworthy
of your habitual candor."
"Well, I was not fascinated; I was not overmastered.
I wanted to come to Baden."
"I have no doubt you did. Had you become very intimate with your friends
in Dresden?"
"I had only seen them three times."
"After which you followed them to this place? Ah, don't say you
were not fascinated!" cried Bernard, laughing and springing to his feet.
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