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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: to conform to it. The sashes had already been removed
from the big windows, and white curtains waved in the
Gulf breeze that streamed through the wide jalousies.
The bare floor was amply strewn with cool rugs; the
chairs were inviting, deep, dreamy willows; the walls
were papered with a light, cheerful olive. One whole
side of her sitting room was covered with books on smooth,
unpainted pine shelves. She flew to these at once. Before
her was a well-selected library. She caught glimpses of
titles of volumes of fiction and travel not yet seasoned
from the dampness of the press.
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