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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Arrow of Gold by Joseph Conrad: There were blue silk tassels inside, beautiful silk tassels."
Obviously Therese had been very much impressed by a brougham,
though she didn't know the name for it. Of all the town she knew
nothing but the streets which led to a neighbouring church
frequented only by the poorer classes and the humble quarter
around, where she did her marketing. Besides, she was accustomed
to glide along the walls with her eyes cast down; for her natural
boldness would never show itself through that nun-like mien except
when bargaining, if only on a matter of threepence. Such a turn-
out had never been presented to her notice before. The traffic in
the street of the Consuls was mostly pedestrian and far from
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