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The following text is adapted from Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw (1898). The narrator, a governess, is describing the strange appearance of ghostly figures at the manor where she works:They’re seen only across, as it were, and beyond—in strange places and on high places, the top of towers, the roof of houses, the outside of windows, the further edge of pools; but there’s a deep design... to shorten the distance and overcome the obstacle; and the success of the tempters is only a question of time.As used in the text, what does the word “design” most nearly mean?IntentioneliminateDecorationeliminateCreationeliminateBlueprint

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The following text is adapted from Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw (1898). The narrator, a governess, is describing the strange appearance of ghostly figures at the manor where she works:They’re seen only across, as it were, and beyond—in strange places and on high places, the top of towers, the roof of houses, the outside of windows, the further edge of pools; but there’s a deep design... to shorten the distance and overcome the obstacle; and the success of the tempters is only a question of time.As used in the text, what does the word “design” most nearly mean?IntentioneliminateDecorationeliminateCreationeliminateBlueprint

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In the context of the text, the word "design" most nearly means "Intention".

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