Today's Stichomancy for Abraham Lincoln

The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart:

IX Flannigan's Find X On The Stairs XI I Make A Discovery XII The Roof Garden XIII He Does Not Deny It XIV Almost, But Not Quite XV Suspicion and Discord XVI I Face Flannigan XVII A Clash and A Kiss XVIII It's All My Fault XIX The Harbison Man