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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: complexion was extremely pale, Janet's was florid; my
grandmother's nose was straight, my great-aunt's aquiline; but
by the sound of the voice, not even a son was able to
distinguish one from other. The marriage of a man of twenty-
seven and a girl of twenty who have lived for twelve years as
brother and sister, is difficult to conceive. It took place,
however, and thus in 1799 the family was still further
cemented by the union of a representative of the male or
worldly element with one of the female and devout.
This essential difference remained unbridged, yet never
diminished the strength of their relation. My grandfather
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