But they're none of them probable in this poor life." "It's the effort that makes them probable," said Madame Merle.
"There's something in that.

Who then is your friend ?" "The person I came to Florence to see.

She's a niece of Mrs.Touchett, whom you'll not have forgotten." "A niece?
The word niece suggests youth and ignorance.

I see what you're coming to." "Yes, she's young--twenty-three years old.

She's a great friend of mine.
I met her for the first time in England, several months ago, and we struck up a grand alliance.