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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Daisy Miller by Henry James: Velasquez which hangs in one of the cabinets of the palace,
and then said, "And in the same cabinet, by the way, I had
the pleasure of contemplating a picture of a different kind--
that pretty American girl whom you pointed out to me last week."
In answer to Winterbourne's inquiries, his friend narrated
that the pretty American girl--prettier than ever--was seated
with a companion in the secluded nook in which the great papal
portrait was enshrined.
"Who was her companion?" asked Winterbourne.
"A little Italian with a bouquet in his buttonhole.
The girl is delightfully pretty, but I thought I understood from you
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