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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Blix by Frank Norris: intrigued-for; the object of so much diplomacy, such delicate
manoeuvring; the pivot upon which all plans were to turn, the
storm-centre round which so many conflicting currents revolved,
and for whose benefit the peace of mind of the red-headed man had
been forever broken up--had entered the room.
"Why, she's PRETTY!" was Blix's first smothered exclamation, as if
she had expected a harridan.
K. D. B. looked like a servant-girl of the better sort, and was
really very neatly dressed. She was small, little even. She had
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