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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Lady Baltimore by Owen Wister: understanding of the words "Steel wasp," when applied by her to one of
her own sex, may differ widely from a man's understanding of them; and
that Miss Rieppe, through her thick veil, saw from her seat in the
automobile something which my own unencumbered vision had by no means
detected.
But now, here on the bridge, even her outward appearance was as shrouded
as her inward qualities--save such as might be audible in that voice, as
her skilful, well-placed speeches to one and the other of the company
tided over and carried off into ease this uneasy moment. All men, at such
a voice, have pricked up their ears since the beginning; there was much
woman in it; each slow, schooled syllable called its challenge to
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