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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from In the Cage by Henry James: fact of the chance that at last, for a change, did squarely meet
her--the chance to be "off," for a bit, almost as far as anybody.
They took their turns in the cage as they took them both in the
shop and at Chalk Farm; she had known these two months that time
was to be allowed in September--no less than eleven days--for her
personal private holiday. Much of her recent intercourse with Mr.
Mudge had consisted of the hopes and fears, expressed mainly by
himself, involved in the question of their getting the same dates--
a question that, in proportion as the delight seemed assured,
spread into a sea of speculation over the choice of where and how.
All through July, on the Sunday evenings and at such other odd
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