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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: 'You have told me that before,' said Harry, 'several times.'
'O Harry, Harry,' she cried, 'how you shame me! But this is
the God's truth. I am a dangerous and wicked girl. My name
is Clara Luxmore. I was never nearer Cuba than Penzance.
From first to last I have cheated and played with you. And
what I am I dare not even name to you in words. Indeed,
until to-day, until the sleepless watches of last night, I
never grasped the depth and foulness of my guilt.'
The young man looked upon her aghast. Then a generous
current poured along his veins. 'That is all one,' he said.
'If you be all you say, you have the greater need of me.'
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