The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: he suddenly decided that he had pressing engagements
that might detain him there for some time.
Miss Strong had told him that she and her mother were to
visit the latter's brother there--they had not decided upon the
duration of their stay, and it would probably run into months.
She was delighted when she found that Monsieur Thuran
was to be there also.
"I hope that we shall be able to continue our acquaintance,"
she said. "You must call upon mamma and me as
soon as we are settled."
Monsieur Thuran was delighted at the prospect, and lost
 The Return of Tarzan |