Find Hamiltonian cycle

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Suppose $G$ is a simple graph with order $n$, the minimum degree $\delta\geq \frac{n+q}{2}$, prove that for any pairwise non-adjacent $q$ edges, there exists a Hamiltonian cycle $H$ contains these edges.


I want to choose a Hamiltonian cycle $H'$ contains these edges as much as possible, then define $S$ and $T$ such that $$n+q\leq d(u)+d(v)=|S|+|T|=|S \cup T|+|S\cap T|\leq n+q-1$$ to induce contradiction, but I don't know how to define $S$ and $T$, could anyone help me?

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Contract all $q$ edges to get $G’$. $G’$ has order $n-q$ and minimum degree $\delta ‘ \geq \frac{n-q}{2}$ since it cannot decrease more than the order did. Since the minimum degree is at lest half the order, $G’$ is Hamiltonian as proven by Dirac.