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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac: wear gowns which were to set the fashion for the winter, than by their
wish to see a cape which a friend had observed in a handsome lace and
linen shop at the corner of the Rue de la Paix. As soon as they were
in the shop the Baronne de Fontaine pulled Emilie by the sleeve, and
pointed out to her Maximilien Longueville seated behind the desk, and
engaged in paying out the change for a gold piece to one of the
workwomen with whom he seemed to be in consultation. The "handsome
stranger" held in his hand a parcel of patterns, which left no doubt
as to his honorable profession.
Emilie felt an icy shudder, though no one perceived it. Thanks to the
good breeding of the best society, she completely concealed the rage
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