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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Confidence by Henry James: the spell of his apprehension seemed broken, and he went on bravely.
"We are to be married very shortly. It has all come about within a
few weeks. It will seem to you very strange--perhaps you won't like it.
That 's why I have hesitated to tell you."
Gordon turned pale; it was the first time Bernard had ever seen him do so;
evidently he did not like it. He stood staring and frowning.
"Why, I thought--I thought," he began at last--"I thought that you
disliked her!"
"I supposed so, too," said Bernard. "But I have got over that."
Gordon turned away, looking up the great avenue into the crowd.
Then turning back, he said--
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