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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Europeans by Henry James: "That 's the reason," she said, "why I don't want you to speak.
Do me a favor; go to church."
"May I speak when I come back?" asked Mr. Brand.
"If you are still disposed," she answered.
"I don't know whether you are wicked," he said, "but you
are certainly puzzling."
She had turned away; she raised her hands to her ears.
He looked at her a moment, and then he slowly walked to church.
She wandered for a while about the garden, vaguely and without purpose.
The church-bell had stopped ringing; the stillness was complete.
This young lady relished highly, on occasions, the sense of being alone--
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