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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Arrow of Gold by Joseph Conrad: He must have noticed my shyness, my surprise, my embarrassment.
And indeed I didn't know what to say.
"I assure you there isn't anything incorrect in your coming," he
insisted, with the greatest civility. "You will be introduced by
two good friends, Mills and myself. Surely you are not afraid of a
very charming woman. . . ."
I was not afraid, but my head swam a little and I only looked at
him mutely.
"Lunch precisely at midday. Mills will bring you along. I am
sorry you two are going. I shall throw myself on the bed for an
hour or two, but I am sure I won't sleep."
The Arrow of Gold | 
