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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs: into the farthest corner and, curling up, was soon asleep.
When I awoke I found Dian sitting in the doorway looking out
across the valley. As I came out she moved to one side to let
me pass, but she had no word for me. I wanted to hate her,
but I couldn't. Every time I looked at her something came
up in my throat, so that I nearly choked. I had never been
in love before, but I did not need any aid in diagnosing
my case--I certainly had it and had it bad. God, how I
loved that beautiful, disdainful, tantalizing, prehistoric girl!
After we had eaten again I asked Dian if she intended
returning to her tribe now that Jubal was dead, but she
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