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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens: sofa, and looking straight towards him; 'we have had enough of
this. Remember, if you please, your interest, your duty, your
moral obligations, your filial affections, and all that sort of
thing, which it is so very delightful and charming to reflect upon;
or you will repent it.'
'I shall never repent the preservation of my self-respect, sir,'
said Edward. 'Forgive me if I say that I will not sacrifice it at
your bidding, and that I will not pursue the track which you would
have me take, and to which the secret share you have had in this
late separation tends.'
His father rose a little higher still, and looking at him as though
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