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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: I didn't try to make you think I was a lunatic, at all;
on the contrary, I wanted to produce a favorable impression.
But if, after all, I made a fool of myself, it was the intention
of Providence. I should injure myself by protesting too much,
for I should seem to set up a claim for wisdom which,
in the sequel of our acquaintance, I could by no means justify.
Set me down as a lunatic with intervals of sanity."
"Oh, I guess you know what you are about," said Newman.
"When I am sane, I am very sane; that I admit," M. de Bellegarde answered.
"But I didn't come here to talk about myself. I should like to ask you
a few questions. You allow me?"
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