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The Ambassadors, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
The Ambassadors Vol 2 - Classic Reprint Author:Henry James THE AMBASSADORS i It was n't the first time Strether had sat alone in the great dim church - still less was it the first of his giving himself up, so far as conditions permitted, to its beneficent action on his nerves. He had been to Notre Dame with Waymarsh, he had been there with Miss Gostrey, he had been there with Chad Newsome, and had found... more » the place, even in company, such a refuge from the obsession of his problem that, with renewed pressure from that source, he had not unnaturally recurred to a remedy meeting the case, for the moment, so indirectly, no doubt, but so relievingly. He was conscious enough that it was only for the mo* menr, but good moments - if he could call them good - still had their value for a man who by this time struck himself as living almost disgracefully from hand to mouth. Having so well leamt the way, he had lately made the pilgrimage more than once by himself - had quite stolen off, taking an unnoticed chance and making no point of speaking of the
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