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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: In one or two places these young ladies were conversing across the street
with other young ladies seated in similar postures and costumes
in front of the opposite houses, and in the warm night air their
colloquial tones sounded strange in the ears of the young Englishmen.
One of our friends, nevertheless--the younger one--intimated that
he felt a disposition to interrupt a few of these soft familiarities;
but his companion observed, pertinently enough, that he had
better be careful. "We must not begin with making mistakes,"
said his companion.
"But he told us, you know--he told us," urged the young man,
alluding again to the friend on the steamer.
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