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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The American by Henry James: Valentin rejoined. "Mademoiselle Nioche is like the great artists
whose biographies we read, who at the beginning of their career have
suffered opposition in the domestic circle. Their vocation has not
been recognized by their families, but the world has done it justice.
Mademoiselle Nioche has a vocation."
"Oh, come," said Newman, impatiently, "you take the little
baggage too seriously."
"I know I do; but when one has nothing to think about,
one must think of little baggages. I suppose it is better
to be serious about light things than not to be serious at all.
This little baggage entertains me."
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