A White Heron and Other Stories

In the short story A White Heron What is the central Conflict of the story?

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Having been told by Mrs. Tilley that Sylvia has an affinity with animals, he offers $10 to be given the location of the heron.Sylvia warms to the ‘handsome stranger’, and he gives her a jack-knife as a gift. She is unsettled by the fact that he kills what he seems to love – the birds. Sylvia feels very conflicted by the fact that she told the stranger about the heron's home.