The correct answer is persuade
<span>We were all a little detached, and there was
nothing that held us together except that we met every afternoon at the
hospital. Although, as we walked to the Cova through the tough part of
town, walking in the dark, with light and singing coming out of the
wine-shops, and sometimes having to walk into the street when the men
and women would crowd together on the sidewalk so that we would have had
to jostle them to get by, we felt held together by there being
something that had happened that they</span>
To be honest, I think it might possibly be the third option. I hope this helps.
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