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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Turn of the Screw by Henry James: What were you doing there?"
I can still see his wonderful smile, the whites of his beautiful eyes,
and the uncovering of his little teeth shine to me in the dusk.
"If I tell you why, will you understand?" My heart,
at this, leaped into my mouth. WOULD he tell me why?
I found no sound on my lips to press it, and I was aware
of replying only with a vague, repeated, grimacing nod.
He was gentleness itself, and while I wagged my head at
him he stood there more than ever a little fairy prince.
It was his brightness indeed that gave me a respite.
Would it be so great if he were really going to tell me?
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