"You certainly then wouldn't have seemed worth all you've let me in for.

You've defined yourself better.

Your value has quintupled." "Well then, wouldn't that be enough-- ?" Chad had risked it jocosely, but Strether remained blank.

"Enough ?" "If one SHOULD wish to live on one's accumulations ?" After which, however, as his friend appeared cold to the joke, the young man as easily dropped it.

"Of course I really never forget, night or day, what I owe her.