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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Confidence by Henry James: But it was Bernard's belief that she took no more pleasure
in his attentions than a pretty girl must always take in any
recognition of her charms. "If she 's not indifferent,"
he said to himself, "she is, at any rate, impartial--profoundly
impartial."
It was not till the end of a week that Gordon Wright told him exactly
how his business stood with Miss Vivian and what he had reason
to expect and hope--a week during which their relations had been
of the happiest and most comfortable cast, and during which Bernard,
rejoicing in their long walks and talks, in the charming weather,
in the beauty and entertainment of the place, and in other things besides,
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