The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells: to see her disfigured. She does not understand--" Sir
Richmond was at a loss for a phrase--"that it is not her good
looks."
"She won't let you go to her?"
"It amounts to that. . . . And soon there will be all the
trouble about educating the girl. Whatever happens, she must
have as good a chance as--anyone. . . . "
"Ah! That is worrying you too!"
"Frightfully at times. If it were a boy it would be easier.
It needs constant tact and dexterity to fix things up.
Neither of us have any. It needs attention. . . . "
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