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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The American by Henry James: and seated herself sidewise on a bench, leaning her head on the back
of her hand, which clasped the rail in front of the pictures.
Newman stood a moment and then turned on his heel and retreated.
He had understood her better than he confessed; this singular scene
was a practical commentary upon her father's statement that she
was a frank coquette.
CHAPTER V
When Newman related to Mrs. Tristram his fruitless visit
to Madame de Cintre, she urged him not to be discouraged,
but to carry out his plan of "seeing Europe" during the summer,
and return to Paris in the autumn and settle down comfortably
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