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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Daisy Miller by Henry James: he had not bargained for a party of three. But he kept his
temper in a manner which suggested far-stretching intentions.
Winterbourne flattered himself that he had taken his measure.
"He is not a gentleman," said the young American;
"he is only a clever imitation of one. He is a music master,
or a penny-a-liner, or a third-rate artist. D__n his good looks!"
Mr. Giovanelli had certainly a very pretty face; but Winterbourne felt
a superior indignation at his own lovely fellow countrywoman's not
knowing the difference between a spurious gentleman and a real one.
Giovanelli chattered and jested and made himself wonderfully agreeable.
It was true that, if he was an imitation, the imitation was brilliant.
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