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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Deserted Woman by Honore de Balzac: have scorn than pity. I will not endure compassion from any one."
There was a brief pause.
"Well, sir," she continued (and the face that she turned to him was
gentle and sad), "whatever motive induced this rash intrusion upon my
solitude, it is very painful to me, you see. You are too young to be
totally without good feeling, so surely you will feel that this
behavior of yours is improper. I forgive you for it, and, as you see,
I am speaking of it to you without bitterness. You will not come here
again, will you? I am entreating when I might command. If you come to
see me again, neither you nor I can prevent the whole place from
believing that you are my lover, and you would cause me great
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