The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic: went on, "but my return, unhappily, is quite uncertain.
Another evening I may be more fortunate. I am leaving town
tomorrow for some days, but when I get back--"
The polite sentence did not complete itself. Father Forbes
had come out into the hall, giving a cool nod to the
working-man, who rose from the bench as they passed,
and shook hands with his guest on the doorstep.
When the door had closed upon Mr. Ware, the priest turned
to the man. "You have come about those frames," he said.
"If you will come upstairs, I will show you the prints,
and you can give me a notion of what can be done with them.
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