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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Beauty and The Beast by Bayard Taylor: life came back to Jonathan's face, all the unrestful sweetness of
Ruth's brightened into a serene beatitude. Months had passed since
David had been heard from; they knew not how to reach him
without many delays; yet neither dreamed of doubting his
coming.
Two weeks passed, three, and there was neither word nor sign.
Jonathan and Ruth thought, "He is near," and one day a singular
unrest fell upon the former. Ruth saw it, but said nothing until
night came, when she sent Jonathan from her bedside with the words,
"Go and meet him?"
An hour afterwards she heard double steps on the stone walk in
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