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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Copy-Cat & Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: bed, tidily, as was his wont. Through living alone
he had acquired many of the habits of an orderly
housewife. He went down-stairs, and Sarah was in
the kitchen.
"It is a dreadful hot day," said she as Daniel
approached the sink to wash his face and hands.
"It does seem a little warm," admitted Daniel,
with his studied air of politeness with respect to the
weather as an ordinance of God.
"Warm!" echoed Sarah Dean. Her thin face
blazed a scarlet wedge between the sleek curtains
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