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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Pupil by Henry James: "Oh we'll settle that. You used to talk about it," said Morgan.
"If we can only go all the rest's a detail."
"Talk about it as much as you like, but don't think you can attempt
it. Mr. Moreen would never consent - it would be so VERY hand-to-
mouth," Pemberton's hostess beautifully explained to him. Then to
Morgan she made it clearer: "It would destroy our peace, it would
break our hearts. Now that he's back it will be all the same
again. You'll have your life, your work and your freedom, and
we'll all be happy as we used to be. You'll bloom and grow
perfectly well, and we won't have any more silly experiments, will
we? They're too absurd. It's Mr. Pemberton's place - every one in
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