It IS one, if there ever was." And Strether, with his head back and his eyes on the ceiling, seemed to lose himself in the vision of it.
His companion attended deeply.

"You state it much better than I could." "Oh you see it doesn't concern you." Little Bilham considered.

"I thought you said just now that it doesn't concern you either." "Well, it doesn't a bit as Madame de Vionnet's affair.

But as we were again saying just now, what did I come out for but to save him ?" "Yes--to remove him." "To save him by removal; to win him over to HIMSELF thinking it best he shall take up business--thinking he must immediately do therefore what's necessary to that end." "Well," said little Bilham after a moment, "you HAVE won him over.

He does think it best.