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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: She raised her eyebrows by way of answer and reached for a
cigarette. As she lighted it, I saw that her hand was trembling.
"Silvia, dear, surely you don't think- "
"Must you go?"
"It was a poor joke of mine, I know; but- "
"It was. I don't think a count or a baron would have said such a
rotten thing."
Her eyes flashed and she was trembling all over. From being
pretty, she had become beautiful.
"Perhaps not," said I steadily. "But if they had, they would
have meant it, Silvia."
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