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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: "What has she told you?" Concha glanced up
swiftly. His eyes were blazing. She felt quite cer-
tain that he rolled a Russian oath under his tongue,
and she made a slight involuntary motion toward
him, her lips trembling apart.
"Nothing," she murmured. "I do not know--I
do not know. But I no longer wish her near me.
She--life is very strange and terrible, senor. You
know it well--I, so little."
Rezanov felt his breath short and his hands cold.
For a moment he made no reply. Then he smiled
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