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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Europeans by Henry James: as a contribution to the discussion.
"Ah, do paint me while I am asleep," said Gertrude to Felix, smiling.
And she closed her eyes a little. It had by this time become a matter
of almost exciting anxiety to Charlotte what Gertrude would say or
would do next.
She began to sit for her portrait on the following day--
in the open air, on the north side of the piazza. "I wish
you would tell me what you think of us--how we seem to you,"
she said to Felix, as he sat before his easel.
"You seem to me the best people in the world," said Felix.
"You say that," Gertrude resumed, "because it saves you the trouble
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