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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: it; and if you will not see it now, you will see it one day in some
sad and fearful prodigy; for she is not one to die tamely. She
loves you, Amyas, as a woman only can love."
"Loves me? Well, of course. I found her, and brought her home;
and I don't deny she may think that she owes me somewhat--though it
was no more than a Christian man's duty. But as for her caring
much for me, mother, you measure every one else's tenderness by
your own."
"Think that she owes you somewhat? Silly boy, this is not
gratitude, but a deeper affection, which may be more heavenly than
gratitude, as it may, too, become a horrible cause of ruin. It
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