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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Daisy Miller by Henry James: "But I don't believe it. They are only pretending to be shocked.
They don't really care a straw what I do. Besides, I don't
go round so much."
"I think you will find they do care. They will show it disagreeably."
Daisy looked at him a moment. "How disagreeably?"
"Haven't you noticed anything?" Winterbourne asked.
"I have noticed you. But I noticed you were as stiff as an umbrella
the first time I saw you."
"You will find I am not so stiff as several others,"
said Winterbourne, smiling.
"How shall I find it?"
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