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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from An International Episode by Henry James: he had a beautiful time, and they parted the best friends in the world.
Two years elapse, and the Butterworths come abroad and go to London.
The first thing they see in all the papers--in England those things
are in the most prominent place--is that the Duke of Green-Erin
has arrived in town for the Season. They wait a little, and then
Mr. Butterworth--as polite as ever--goes and leaves a card.
They wait a little more; the visit is not returned; they wait
three weeks--silence de mort--the Duke gives no sign.
The Butterworths see a lot of other people, put down the Duke
of Green-Erin as a rude, ungrateful man, and forget all about him.
One fine day they go to Ascot Races, and there they meet him face
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