"Do you wish Madame Merle to be banished ?" "By no means.

She's much too good company.

I delight in Madame Merle," said Ralph Touchett simply.
"You're very odious, sir!" Isabel exclaimed.

And then she asked him if he knew anything that was not to the honour of her brilliant friend.
"Nothing whatever.

Don't you see that's just what I mean?
On the character of every one else you may find some little black speck; if I were to take half an hour to it, some day, I've no doubt I should be able to find one on yours.