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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: He paused and looked at her with intent significance; but it was
plain to him that she thought there was nothing more at issue than
mutual confidences about things in general.
"Yes, go ahead," she said, a trifle impatient at his delay.
"I love to think of the success of Berande," he said; "but that is
secondary. It is subordinate to the dearest wish, which is that
some day you will share Berande with me in a completer way than
that of mere business partnership. It is for you, some day, when
you are ready, to be my wife."
She started back from him as if she had been stung. Her face went
white on the instant, not from maidenly embarrassment, but from the
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