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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Lesson of the Master by Henry James: the hunted herdlike movement of London society at night. But
sundry groups remained in the drawing-room, and it was some
minutes, as she didn't hear him announced, before he discovered and
spoke to her. In this short interval he had seen St. George
talking to a lady before the fireplace; but he at once looked away,
feeling unready for an encounter, and therefore couldn't be sure
the author of "Shadowmere" noticed him. At all events he didn't
come over though Miss Fancourt did as soon as she saw him - she
almost rushed at him, smiling rustling radiant beautiful. He had
forgotten what her head, what her face offered to the sight; she
was in white, there were gold figures on her dress and her hair was
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