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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini: count.
"Monsieur," she said, "you did me the honour to-day to speak in
certain terms; to... to allude to certain hopes with which you
honour me."
He looked at her almost in fear. In silence, not daring to speak,
he waited for her to continue.
"I... I... Will you please to understand, monsieur, that if you
persist in this matter, if... unless you can break this engagement
of yours to-morrow morning in the Bois, you are not to presume
to mention this subject to me again, or, indeed, ever again to
approach me."
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