I want you the more therefore, you see, for my bluff." "Oh you'll do yourself for your bluff." She was perfectly easy.

"At the rate you've gone I'm quiet." "Ah but I haven't," said Strether, "made one protest." She turned it over.

"Haven't you been seeing what there's to protest about ?" He let her, with this, however ruefully, have the whole truth.

"I haven't yet found a single thing." "Isn't there any one WITH him then ?" "Of the sort I came out about ?" Strether took a moment.

"How do I know?
And what do I care ?" "Oh oh!"-- and her laughter spread.