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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: quite hopeless. Besides, he gave me a whole crown."
"And uncle gave you five. I saw him. I nearly cried, it made me
so angry."
"Six altogether," said I. " I bought you some carnations with
them. They're in the hood."
"Sweet of you, Norval. Coals of fire?"
"No, dear. Only malmaisons. Isn't that beautiful?"
We had climbed until we were at the top of a pass. Over the
mountains the sun was going down. The great valley was already
in shadow, but the light on the high woods was wonderful. Away
on the top of a hill a little white shrine stood up like a
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