Henry James

The Bostonians, Vol. II Henry James

Book Excerptd his thin brown hands interlocked in front of him."Well, I have had visitors who were quite opposed!" Verena announced, as if such news could not possibly alarm her. Then she added, "How then did you know I was out here?""Miss Birdseye told me.""Oh, I am so glad you went to see her!" the girl cried, speaking again with the impetuosity of a moment before."I didn't go to see her. I met her in the street, just as she was leaving Miss Chancellor's door. I spoke to her, and accompanied her some distance. I passed that way because I knew it was the direct way to Cambridge--from the Common--and I was coming out to see you any way--on the chance.""On the chance?" Verena repeated."Yes; Mrs. Luna, in New York, told me you were sometimes here, and I wanted, at any rate, to make the attempt to find you."It may be communicated to the reader that it was very agreeable to Verena to learn that her visitor had made this arduous pilgrimage (for she knew well eno