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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Lesson of the Master by Henry James: down. We're practical, but there IS a sofa, you see - for she does
humour my poor bones so far. Like all really great administrators
and disciplinarians she knows when wisely to relax." Paul sank
into the corner of a deep leathern couch, but his friend remained
standing and explanatory. "If you don't mind, in this room, this
is my habit. From the door to the desk and from the desk to the
door. That shakes up my imagination gently; and don't you see what
a good thing it is that there's no window for her to fly out of?
The eternal standing as I write (I stop at that bureau and put it
down, when anything comes, and so we go on) was rather wearisome at
first, but we adopted it with an eye to the long run; you're in
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