Especially sharp in Strether meanwhile was the conviction that his companion really knew, as we have hinted, where she had come out.

It was at a very particular place--only THAT she would never tell him; it would be above all what he should have to puzzle for himself.

This was what he hoped for, because his interest in the girl wouldn't be complete without it.

No more would the appreciation to which she was entitled--so assured was he that the more he saw of her process the more he should see of her pride.

She saw, herself, everything; but she knew what she didn't want, and that it was that had helped her.