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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving: young man; he was sightless, and her friend with tender care
guided him to a seat on the sofa. The widow was touched by the
spectacle. When they were alone, she inquired of her friend the
reason of her solicitude for the young man. "I love this victim
of nature," she replied, "and look after him with every care. He
is young, rich, without family, and is going to marry me. Like
you, I am just on forty; my hair is turning grey, my youth
vanishing. I shall soon be cast adrift on the sea, a wreck.
This boy is the providential spar to which I am going to cling
that I may reach land in safety." "You mean, then," said the
widow, "that you will soon be beyond the reach of want?" "Yes,"
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