The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Confidence by Henry James: and there across the beach, and directed herself to the nearest
flight of steps. Before she had gone two paces a complete change
came over Bernard's feeling; his only wish now was to speak to her--
to explain--to tell her he would go away. There was another row
of steps at a short distance behind him; he rapidly ascended
them and reached the little terrace of the Casino. Miss Vivian
stood there; she was apparently hesitating again which way to turn.
Bernard came straight up to her, with a gallant smile and a greeting.
The comparison is a coarse one, but he felt that he was taking
the bull by the horns. Angela Vivian stood watching him
arrive.
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