It was a place of which, unmistakeably, Chad was fond; wherefore if he, Strether, should like it too much, what on earth, with such a bond, would become of either of them?
It all depended of course--which was a gleam of light--on how the "too much" was measured; though indeed our friend fairly felt, while he prolonged the meditation I describe, that for himself even already a certain measure had been reached.

It will have been sufficiently seen that he was not a man to neglect any good chance for reflexion.

Was it at all possible for instance to like Paris enough without liking it too much?
He luckily however hadn't promised Mrs.Newsome not to like it at all.

He was ready to recognise at this stage that such an engagement WOULD have tied his hands.

The Luxembourg Gardens were incontestably just so adorable at this hour by reason--in addition to their intrinsic charm--of his not having taken it.