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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: meekness, and withal, shot through with a hint of reposeful determination, of
will, stubborn and unobtrusive, that in life had expressed itself mainly in
resignation.
Lute's hand had ceased moving, and Mrs. Grantly was already reading the
message that had been written.
"It is a different handwriting," she said. "A woman's hand. 'Martha,' it is
signed. Who is Martha?"
Lute was not surprised. "It is my mother," she said simply. "What does she
say?"
She had not been made sleepy, as Chris had; but the keen edge of her vitality
had been blunted, and she was experiencing a sweet and pleasing lassitude. And
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