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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Lady Baltimore by Owen Wister: "He was not so different last summer."
"Because he was not there long enough, my dear. He learned bridge
quickly, and of course he had seen champagne before, and nobody had time
to notice him. But he'll be married now and they will notice him, and
they won't want him. To think of your dropping out!" Kitty became very
earnest. "To think of not seeing you among us! You'll be in none of the
small things; you'll never be asked to stay at the smart houses--why, not
even your name will be in the paper! Not a foreigner you entertain, not a
dinner you give, not a thing you wear, will ever be described next
morning. And Charley's so set on you, and you're so just exactly made for
each other, and it would all be so splendid, and cosey, and jolly! And to
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