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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Vendetta by Honore de Balzac: accomplices of her hatred. Though Ginevra was sincerely loved by
several of these royalists, nearly all of whom were indoctrinated at
home with their political ideas, they decided, with the tactics
peculiar to women, that they should do best to keep themselves aloof
from the quarrel.
On Ginevra's arrival she was received, as we have said, in profound
silence. Of all the young women who had, so far, come to Servin's
studio, she was the handsomest, the tallest, and the best made. Her
carriage and demeanor had a character of nobility and grace which
commanded respect. Her face, instinct with intelligence, seemed to
radiate light, so inspired was it with the enthusiasm peculiar to
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