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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: Next I proceeded to point out to her the several dwelling-rooms, all
beautifully fitted up for cool in summer and for warmth in winter.[3]
I showed her how the house enjoyed a southern aspect, whence it was
plain, in winter it would catch the sunlight and in summer lie in
shade.[4] Then I showed her the women's apartments, separated from the
men's apartments by a bolted door,[5] whereby nothing from within
could be conveyed without clandestinely, nor children born and bred by
our domestics without our knowledge and consent[6]--no unimportant
matter, since, if the act of rearing children tends to make good
servants still more loyally disposed,[7] cohabiting but sharpens
ingenuity for mischief in the bad.
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