The upshot was the question at the back of his head from the moment his friend had joined him.

"Have Madame de Vionnet and her daughter arrived ?" "I haven't seen them yet, but Miss Gostrey has come.

She's in the pavilion looking at objects.

One can see SHE'S a collector," little Bilham added without offence.
"Oh yes, she's a collector, and I knew she was to come.

Is Madame de Vionnet a collector ?" Strether went on.
"Rather, I believe; almost celebrated." The young man met, on it, a little, his friend's eyes.