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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from An International Episode by Henry James: Mrs. Westgate, on her side, had plenty to say to her sister about the rarity
of Mr. Beaumont's visits and the nonappearance of the Duchess of Bayswater.
She professed, however, to derive more satisfaction from this latter
circumstance than she could have done from the most lavish attentions on
the part of this great lady. "It is most marked," she said--"most marked.
It is a delicious proof that we have made them miserable. The day
we dined with Lord Lambeth I was really sorry for the poor fellow."
It will have been gathered that the entertainment offered by Lord Lambeth
to his American friends had not been graced by the presence of his
anxious mother. He had invited several choice spirits to meet them;
but the ladies of his immediate family were to Mrs. Westgate's sense--
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