They were quite alone there now.

"Mustn't she rather--in the time then--have rushed it ?" "Ah she won't of course have lost an hour.

But that's just the good mother--the good French one.

You must remember that of her--that as a mother she's French, and that for them there's a special providence.

It precisely however--that she mayn't have been able to begin as far back as she'd have liked--makes her grateful for aid." Strether took this in as they slowly moved to the house on their way out.