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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Pupil by Henry James: "Do you pretend he loves you more than he loves US?" cried Mrs.
Moreen.
"I think he ought to. I make sacrifices for him. Though I've
heard of those YOU make I don't see them."
Mrs. Moreen stared a moment; then with emotion she grasped her
inmate's hand. "WILL you make it - the sacrifice?"
He burst out laughing. "I'll see. I'll do what I can. I'll stay
a little longer. Your calculation's just - I DO hate intensely to
give him up; I'm fond of him and he thoroughly interests me, in
spite of the inconvenience I suffer. You know my situation
perfectly. I haven't a penny in the world and, occupied as you see
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