"Don't you know how I like Paris itself ?" The upshot was indeed to make our friend marvel.

"Oh if THAT'S all that's the matter with you--!" It was HE who almost showed resentment.
Chad's smile of a truth more than met it.

"But isn't that enough ?" Strether hesitated, but it came out.

"Not enough for your mother!" Spoken, however, it sounded a trifle odd--the effect of which was that Chad broke into a laugh.

Strether, at this, succumbed as well, though with extreme brevity.