But it's with Maggie only that I'm directly concerned; nothing, ever--not a breath, not a look, I'll guarantee--shall I have, whatever happens, from Mr.Verver himself.

So it is, therefore, that I shall probably, by the closest possible shave, escape the penalty of my crimes." "You mean being held responsible." "I mean being held responsible.

My advantage will be that Maggie's such a trump." "Such a trump that, as you say, she'll stick to you." "Stick to me, on our understanding--stick to me.

For our understanding's signed and sealed." And to brood over it again was ever, for Mrs.
Assingham, to break out again with exaltation.

"It's a grand, high compact.