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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: To which she replied, "You must not take all the credit to yourself, doctor.
Lucy's state this morning is due in part to me."
"How do you mean, ma'am?" asked the Professor.
"Well, I was anxious about the dear child in the night, and went
into her room. She was sleeping soundly, so soundly that even
my coming did not wake her. But the room was awfully stuffy.
There were a lot of those horrible, strong-smelling flowers
about everywhere, and she had actually a bunch of them round
her neck. I feared that the heavy odor would be too much
for the dear child in her weak state, so I took them all away
and opened a bit of the window to let in a little fresh air.
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