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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from In the Cage by Henry James: "I like them, as I tell you--I revel in them. But we needn't go
into that," she quietly went on; "for all I get out of it is the
harmless pleasure of knowing. I know, I know, I know!"--she
breathed it ever so gently.
"Yes; that's what has been between us," he answered much more
simply.
She could enjoy his simplicity in silence, and for a moment she did
so. "If I do stay because you want it--and I'm rather capable of
that--there are two or three things I think you ought to remember.
One is, you know, that I'm there sometimes for days and weeks
together without your ever coming."
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