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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: those noisy and splendid groups was visible; that of Ginevra and Luigi
was buried in their bosom. On one side the tumult of common pleasure,
on the other, the delicate silence of happy souls,--earth and heaven!
But Ginevra was not wholly free from the weaknesses of women.
Superstitious as an Italian, she saw an omen in this contrast, and in
her heart there lay a sense of terror, as invincible as her love.
Suddenly the office servant, in the town livery, opened a folding-
door. Silence reigned, and his voice was heard, like the yapping of a
dog, calling Monsieur Luigi da Porta and Mademoiselle Ginevra di
Piombo. This caused some embarrassment to the young pair. The
celebrity of the bride's name attracted attention, and the spectators
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