The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Confidence by Henry James: "You are not changed," he said. "You have travelled in unknown lands;
you have had, I suppose, all sorts of adventures; but you are the same man I
used to know."
"I am sorry for that!"
"You have the same way of representing--of misrepresenting, yourself."
"Well, if I am not changed," said Bernard, "I can ill afford
to lose so valuable an art."
"Taking you altogether, I am glad you are the same," Gordon answered, simply;
"but you must come into my part of the house."
CHAPTER XVII
Yes, he was conscious--he was very conscious; so Bernard reflected
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