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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Pool in the Desert by Sara Jeanette Duncan: it is with me; but there is an awkwardness in it from a woman. You
must believe I have a good reason. Will you tell me about your
first meeting with Mrs. Innes, when--when you became engaged?'
She knew she was daring a good deal; but when a man's prison is to
be brought down about his ears, one might as well begin, she
thought, at the foundation.
For a moment Innes did not speak, and then his words came slowly.
I find it difficult,' he said, 'to answer you. How can it matter--
it is impossible. I suppose you have heard some story, and it is
like you to want to be in a position to negative it. Ignore it
instead. She has very successfully championed herself. Believe
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