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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton: parenthesis.
"I never had what I wanted," Mrs. Manstey continued. "It was
always one disappointment after another. For years I wanted to
live in the country. I dreamed and dreamed about it; but we
never could manage it. There was no sunny window in our house,
and so all my plants died. My daughter married years ago and
went away--besides, she never cared for the same things. Then my
husband died and I was left alone. That was seventeen years ago.
I went to live at Mrs. Sampson's, and I have been there ever
since. I have grown a little infirm, as you see, and I don't get
out often; only on fine days, if I am feeling very well. So you
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