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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: but Cecily transferred her eyes to the opposite wall, deeply
considering, and while Dacres and I smiled across the table, I saw
that she had perceived no reason for blushing. It was a singularly
narrow escape.
'No,' she said, 'I didn't; what a curious proverb for an emperor to
make! He couldn't possibly have been able to see all his
possessions at once.'
'If you have finished,' Dacres addressed her, 'do let me show you
what your plain and immediate duty is to the garden. The garden
waits for you--all the roses expectant--'
'Why, there isn't one!' cried Cecily, pinning on her hat. It was
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