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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson: to go on with my narrative without some shadow of encouragement.
'You blame me?'
'No, not at all. It is a point I cannot speak on - I am only a
girl. I am sure you were in the right: I have always said so - to
Ronald. Not, of course, to my aunt. I am afraid I let her speak
as she will. You must not think me a disloyal friend; and even
with the Major - I did not tell you he had become quite a friend of
ours - Major Chevenix, I mean - he has taken such a fancy to
Ronald! It was he that brought the news to us of that hateful
Clausel being captured, and all that he was saying. I was
indignant with him. I said - I dare say I said too much - and I
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