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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw: by the 3.10 train. Vivie: put your hat on, dear: youll get
sunburnt. Oh, I forgot to introduce you. Sir George Crofts: my
little Vivie.
[Crofts advances to Vivie with his most courtly manner. She
nods, but makes no motion to shake hands.]
CROFTS. May I shake hands with a young lady whom I have known by
reputation very long as the daughter of one of my oldest friends?
VIVIE [who has been looking him up and down sharply] If you like.
[She takes his tenderly proferred hand and gives it a squeeze
that makes him open his eyes; then turns away, and says to her
mother] Will you come in, or shall I get a couple more chairs?
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