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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Touchstone by Edith Wharton: first time in history that a man has made a mistake in introducing
his friends to his wife. You must, at any rate, have seen since
then that my enthusiasm had cooled; but so, perhaps, has your
eagerness to oblige me."
She met this with a silence that seemed to rob the taunt of half
its efficacy.
"Is that what you imply?" he pressed her.
"No," she answered with sudden directness. "I noticed some time
ago that you seemed to dislike him, but since then--"
"Well--since then?"
"I've imagined that you had reasons for still wishing me to be
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