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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: the invisible threads that bound them were already
so interwoven that she had no power to tear her-
self free. She could only count on him and on
his honour. She hoped that he would not make
use of his power; yet all the while she vaguely de-
sired it.
Her weakness was the greater, because she had
nothing to support her in the struggle. She was
weary of society life and she had no affection for
her mother. Her father, so she thought, had
cast her away from him, and she longed passion-
The Forged Coupon |
