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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Arrow of Gold by Joseph Conrad: He is jealous. He is not jealous of my past or of the future; but
he is jealously mistrustful of me, of what I am, of my very soul.
He believes in a soul in the same way Therese does, as something
that can be touched with grace or go to perdition; and he doesn't
want to be damned with me before his own judgment seat. He is a
most noble and loyal gentleman, but I have my own Basque peasant
soul and don't want to think that every time he goes away from my
feet - yes, mon cher, on this carpet, look for the marks of
scorching - that he goes away feeling tempted to brush the dust off
his moral sleeve. That! Never!"
With brusque movements she took a cigarette out of the box, held it
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