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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens: where we have been to-day, and what we have been doing,--shall I?'
She took his hand in hers, and holding it, nodded the word she
could not speak.
'You mustn't tell,' said Barnaby, holding up his finger, 'for it's
a secret, mind, and only known to me, and Grip, and Hugh. We had
the dog with us, but he's not like Grip, clever as he is, and
doesn't guess it yet, I'll wager.--Why do you look behind me so?'
'Did I?' she answered faintly. 'I didn't know I did. Come nearer
me.'
'You are frightened!' said Barnaby, changing colour. 'Mother--you
don't see'--
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