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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Europeans by Henry James: mooring-place. Felix waved his hat to them; it was too far to call.
They made no visible response, and they presently turned away and walked
along the shore.
"Mr. Brand is not demonstrative," said Felix. "He is never demonstrative
to me. He sits silent, with his chin in his hand, looking at me.
Sometimes he looks away. Your father tells me he is so eloquent;
and I should like to hear him talk. He looks like such a noble young man.
But with me he will never talk. And yet I am so fond of listening
to brilliant imagery!"
"He is very eloquent," said Gertrude; "but he has no brilliant imagery.
I have heard him talk a great deal. I knew that when they saw us they
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