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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells: a hitch.
"But it's good at tennis," she said. "You DO play tennis, Mr.
Prothero?"
"I--I gesticulate," said Prothero.
Lady Marayne, still in flight from that pause, went off at a
tangent.
"Poff, my dear," she said, "I've had a diving-board put at the deep
end of the pond."
The remark hung unanswered for a moment. The transition had been
too quick for Benham's state of mind.
"Do you swim, Mr. Prothero?" the lady asked, though a moment before
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