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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: every moment lest Marguerite should become delirious.
"Listen," I said. "You are ill. I can not leave you like this. I
will write and tell my father not to expect me."
"No, no," she cried hastily, "don't do that. Your father will
accuse me of hindering you again from going to see him when he
wants to see you; no, no, you must go, you must! Besides, I am
not ill. I am quite well. I had a bad dream and am not yet fully
awake."
From that moment Marguerite tried to seem more cheerful. There
were no more tears.
When the hour came for me to go, I embraced her and asked her if
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