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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Confidence by Henry James: was that--yes, decidedly--she was a compatriot. She turned
away almost as soon as she met his eyes; he had hardly time
to raise his hat, as, after a moment's hesitation, he proceeded
to do. She herself appeared to feel a certain hesitation;
she glanced back at the church door, as if under the impulse
to retrace her steps. She stood there a moment longer--
long enough to let him see that she was a person of easy attitudes--
and then she walked away slowly to the parapet of the terrace.
Here she stationed herself, leaning her arms upon the high
stone ledge, presenting her back to Longueville, and gazing
at rural Italy. Longueville went on with his sketch,
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