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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson: civilities; they had ten words together; I saw a letter changing hands;
and there was Catriona returning. At the same time, as if this were
all her business on the Continent, the boat shoved off and was headed
for the SEAHORSE. But I observed the officer to remain behind and
disappear among the bents.
I liked the business little; and the more I considered of it, liked it
less. Was it Alan the officer was seeking? or Catriona? She drew near
with her head down, looking constantly on the sand, and made so tender
a picture that I could not bear to doubt her innocence. The next, she
raised her face and recognised me; seemed to hesitate, and then came on
again, but more slowly, and I thought with a changed colour. And at
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