“There were several ways of understanding her: there was what she said, and there was what she meant, and there was something between the two, that was neither.”
More from Henry James
“[She] is written in a foreign tongue.”
“I’m yours for ever–for ever and ever. Here I stand; I’m as firm as a rock. If you’ll only…”
“It has made me better, loving you.”
“It has made me better, loving you.”