[The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James]@TWC D-Link bookThe Portrait of a Lady CHAPTER XIII 28/35
It will call back her thoughts." "Call them back--from where ?" "From foreign parts and other unnatural places.
Three months ago she gave Mr.Goodwood every reason to suppose he was acceptable to her, and it's not worthy of Isabel to go back on a real friend simply because she has changed the scene.
I've changed the scene too, and the effect of it has been to make me care more for my old associations than ever.
It's my belief that the sooner Isabel changes it back again the better.
I know her well enough to know that she would never be truly happy over here, and I wish her to form some strong American tie that will act as a preservative." "Aren't you perhaps a little too much in a hurry ?" Ralph enquired. "Don't you think you ought to give her more of a chance in poor old England ?" "A chance to ruin her bright young life? One's never too much in a hurry to save a precious human creature from drowning." "As I understand it then," said Ralph, "you wish me to push Mr.Goodwood overboard after her.
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