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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson: think that I shall not be able to support what you support -
you who are kind, and therefore know how to feel pain; who
are beautiful, and therefore hope; who are young, and
therefore (or am I the more mistaken?) discontented?'
'Nay, sir, not that, at least,' said Nance; 'not
discontented. If I were to be discontented, how should I
look those that have real sorrows in the face? I have faults
enough, but not that fault; and I have my merits too, for I
have a good opinion of myself. But for beauty, I am not so
simple but that I can tell a banter from a compliment.'
'Nay, nay,' said Mr. Archer, 'I had half forgotten; grief is
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