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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Confidence by Henry James: Bernard had felt that the spectacle was considerably enlarged.
He had come to feel, also, that poor Gordon's predicament was
by no means an unnatural one. Longueville had begun to take his
friend's dilemma very seriously indeed. The girl was certainly a
curious study.
The evening drew to a close and the crowd of Bernard's
fellow-loungers dispersed. The lighted windows of the Kursaal
still glittered in the bosky darkness, and the lamps along
the terrace had not been extinguished; but the great promenade
was almost deserted; here and there only a lingering couple--
the red tip of a cigar and the vague radiance of a light dress--
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