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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The American by Henry James: to him. The least disagreeable thing, under the circumstances,
was to banish them from his mind, and never think of them again.
Indecision had not hitherto been one of Newman's weaknesses,
and in this case it was not of long duration. For three days after this
he did not, or at least he tried not to, think of the Bellegardes.
He dined with Mrs. Tristram, and on her mentioning their name,
he begged her almost severely to desist. This gave Tom Tristram
a much-coveted opportunity to offer his condolences.
He leaned forward, laying his hand on Newman's arm compressing his
lips and shaking his head. "The fact is my dear fellow, you see,
that you ought never to have gone into it. It was not your doing,
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