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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Adam Bede by George Eliot: Adam lingered in the court half an hour before he could bring
himself to send word to Dinah that he was come. But a voice
caught his ear: he could not shut out the words.
"The cart is to set off at half-past seven."
It must be said--the last good-bye: there was no help.
In ten minutes from that time, Adam was at the door of the cell.
Dinah had sent him word that she could not come to him; she could
not leave Hetty one moment; but Hetty was prepared for the
meeting.
He could not see her when he entered, for agitation deadened his
senses, and the dim cell was almost dark to him. He stood a
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