<em>A basket of </em><em>oranges </em><em><u>was</u></em><em> presented to the </em><em>visitor</em>
<h2><em>hope</em><em> it</em><em> helps</em><em>!</em></h2>
The fourth line I think. Hope this helps!
It's been a while since I've read the book and I don't really a lot of the context, so just from this passage I would say it says he notices nice houses and other people's wealth and maybe envies them a little bit. (although you don't get that explicitly from this passage.)
