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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton: "Lycidas'? Tell me, dear, which one?"
As he spoke he saw the answer trembling joyously upon her lips;
but it died in the ensuing silence, and she stood motionless,
resisting the persuasion of his hand.
"What is it?" he entreated.
"Wait a moment," she said, with a strange hesitation in her
voice. "Tell me first, are you quite sure of yourself? Is there
no one on earth whom you sometimes remember?"
"Not since I have seen you," he replied; for, being a man, he had
indeed forgotten.
Still she stood motionless, and he saw that the shadow deepened
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