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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: them as my own, and welcomed to them as visitors my uncle
and aunt. But no," recollecting herself-- "that could never be;
my uncle and aunt would have been lost to me; I should not
have been allowed to invite them."
This was a lucky recollection-- it saved her from something
very like regret.
She longed to inquire of the housekeeper whether her master
was really absent, but had not the courage for it. At length
however, the question was asked by her uncle; and she turned
away with alarm, while Mrs. Reynolds replied that he was,
adding, "But we expect him to-morrow, with a large party of
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