He's perfectly gone--and I couldn't have borne it for her if he hadn't been.
She's just too sweet." Strether hesitated.

"And through being in love too ?" On which with a smile that struck him as wonderful Mamie had a wonderful answer.

"She doesn't know if she is or not." It made him again laugh out.

"Oh but YOU do!" She was willing to take it that way.

"Oh yes, I know everything." And as she sat there rubbing her polished hands and making the best of it--only holding her elbows perhaps a little too much out--the momentary effect for Strether was that every one else, in all their affair, seemed stupid.
"Know that poor little Jeanne doesn't know what's the matter with her ?" It was as near as they came to saying that she was probably in love with Chad; but it was quite near enough for what Strether wanted; which was to be confirmed in his certitude that, whether in love or not, she appealed to something large and easy in the girl before him.