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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from In the Cage by Henry James: of mythological comparison to recognise the port of Juno.
Marguerite might be "awful," but she knew how to dress a goddess.
Pearls and Spanish lace--she herself, with assurance, could see
them, and the "full length" too, and also red velvet bows, which,
disposed on the lace in a particular manner (she could have placed
them with the turn of a hand) were of course to adorn the front of
a black brocade that would be like a dress in a picture. However,
neither Marguerite nor Lady Agnes nor Haddon nor Fritz nor Gussy
was what the wearer of this garment had really come in for. She
had come in for Everard--and that was doubtless not his true name
either. If our young lady had never taken such jumps before it was
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