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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Lesson of the Master by Henry James: which he was sure their perpetrator judged privately, judged more
ferociously than any one, and which represented some tragic
intellectual secret. He would have his reasons for his psychology
e fleur de peau, and these reasons could only be cruel ones, such
as would make him dearer to those who already were fond of him.
"You excite my envy. I have my reserves, I discriminate - but I
love him," Paul said in a moment. "And seeing him for the first
time this way is a great event for me."
"How momentous - how magnificent!" cried the girl. "How delicious
to bring you together!"
"Your doing it - that makes it perfect," our friend returned.
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