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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton: preliminaries. "I believe I'm only a protection to you."
An odd gleam passed behind his eyes, and she instantly guessed
that he was thinking: "And what else am I to you?"
She changed colour, and he rejoined, laughing also: "Well,
you're that at any rate, thank the Lord!"
She pondered, and then questioned: "But in the interval-how
are you going to defend yourself for another year?"
"Ah, you've got to see to that; you've got to take a little
house in London. You've got to look after me, you know."
It was on the tip of her tongue to flash back: "Oh, if that's
all you care--!" But caring was exactly the factor she wanted,
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