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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Adam Bede by George Eliot: he was roused by a sweet clear woman's voice, saying, "Can I get
into the prison, if you please?"
He turned his head and looked fixedly at the speaker for a few
moments without answering.
"I have seen you before," he said at last. "Do you remember
preaching on the village green at Hayslope in Loamshire?"
"Yes, sir, surely. Are you the gentleman that stayed to listen on
horseback?"
"Yes. Why do you want to go into the prison?"
"I want to go to Hetty Sorrel, the young woman who has been
condemned to death--and to stay with her, if I may be permitted.
Adam Bede | 
