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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Witch, et. al by Anton Chekhov: my heart. In the village, near the furthest hut, Yakov was
standing in the road, gazing fixedly at his returning wife. He
stood without stirring, and was as motionless as a post. What was
he thinking as he looked at her? What words was he preparing to
greet her with? Agafya stood still a little while, looked round
once more as though expecting help from us, and went on. I have
never seen anyone, drunk or sober, move as she did. Agafya seemed
to be shrivelled up by her husband's eyes. At one time she moved
in zigzags, then she moved her feet up and down without going
forward, bending her knees and stretching out her hands, then she
staggered back. When she had gone another hundred paces she
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