The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Copy-Cat & Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: needs money. I want you to tell her. Myrtle won't
make a fuss. She ain't the kind. Maybe she will
be a little lonely, but if she is, she can go and visit
somewhere." Christopher rose. "Can you let me
have a pen and ink?" said he, "and I will write
those checks. You can tell Myrtle how to use
them. She won't know how."
Stephen Wheaton, an hour later, sat in his study,
the checks in his hand, striving to rally his courage.
Christopher had gone; he had seen him from his
window, laden with parcels, starting upon the ascent
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