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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: one quite like you."
She drew her hand away. Something Nina had said, that he knew his
way about, came into her mind, and made her uncomfortable. Back of
him, suddenly, was that strange and mysterious region where men of
his sort lived their furtive man-life, where they knew their way
about. She had no curiosity and no interest, but the mere fact of
its existence as revealed by Nina repelled her.
"There are plenty like me," she said. "Don't be silly, Wallie. I
hate having my hand kissed."
"I wonder," he observed shrewdly, "whether that's really true, or
whether you just hate having me do it?"
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