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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Confidence by Henry James: their starting together for the shores of the Mediterranean.
The shores of the Mediterranean, you know, are lovely,
and I hope they will do her a world of good. As soon as they
have left Paris I will let you know; and then you will of course
admit that, virtually, I am free."
"I don't understand you."
"I suppose you are aware," said Gordon, "that we have the advantage of being
natives of a country in which marriages may be legally dissolved."
Angela stared; then, softly--
"Are you speaking of a divorce?"
"I believe that is what they call it," Gordon answered,
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