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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: as would make him dearer to those who already were fond of him.
"You excite my envy. I have my reserves, I discriminate - but I
love him," Paul said in a moment. "And seeing him for the first
time this way is a great event for me."
"How momentous - how magnificent!" cried the girl. "How delicious
to bring you together!"
"Your doing it - that makes it perfect," our friend returned.
"He's as eager as you," she went on. "But it's so odd you
shouldn't have met."
"It's not really so odd as it strikes you. I've been out of
England so much - made repeated absences all these last years."
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