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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: "No, not when you came to us there."
"Did I pretend? did I pretend badly?" But without waiting for an
answer to this St. George went on: "You ought always to believe
such a girl as that - always, always. Some women are meant to be
taken with allowances and reserves; but you must take HER just as
she is."
"I like her very much," said Paul Overt.
Something in his tone appeared to excite on his companion's part a
momentary sense of the absurd; perhaps it was the air of
deliberation attending this judgement. St. George broke into a
laugh to reply. "It's the best thing you can do with her. She's a
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