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Another American abroad, Winterbourne has nonetheless assimilated into European society and become more a resident than a tourist. We do not learn much about Winterbourne’s past life, other than that he lives most permanently in Geneva, where conflicting accounts say either that he is “studying” or that he is pursuing a mysterious older foreign lady. In any case, Winterbourne does not seem to have many passions or interests, other than an appreciation of female beauty—he remarks on how pretty Daisy is nearly every time he sees her. Winterbourne is both charmed by Daisy and suspicious of her, strung between admiration for her free spirit, frustration that she won’t be more proper, and sympathy when others turn a cold shoulder to her. The inability of Winterbourne to decide what kind of a person Daisy is reflects his own inability to truly act or decide who he wants to be himself—indeed, it is his attempt to “figure out” Daisy that prevents (or frees) him from his own character development.
Mr. Winterbourne Quotes in Daisy Miller
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Part 1: Les Trois Couronnes Quotes
He thought it very possible that Master Randolph’s sister was a coquette; he was sure she had a spirit of her own; but in her bright, superficial little visage there was no mockery, no irony.
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Winterbourne has just met the young Randolph, followed by his sister Daisy, in the garden of the hotel in Vevay, Switzerland where they all are staying. To Winterbourne, Daisy seems distracted and casual, though entirely frank in her attitude towards him. Here, he attempts to classify her within the available frameworks he has for interpreting female behavior. A "coquette" or flirt would usually be a pejorative term for a lady, suggesting that she breaks with established decorum. Winterbourne links the idea of a coquette with that of an independent spirit, something equally frowned upon for young woman. "But," he adds, Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusant
She paused again for an instant; she was looking at Winterbourne with all her prettiness in her lively eyes, and in her light, slightly monotonous smile. “I have always had,” she said, “a great deal of gentlemen’s society.”
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Not long after Winterbourne has satisfactorily fitted Daisy into a box by which he can understand her character, she blasts open that box and says something that makes her once again complex and intriguing to him. Daisy has been comparing New York and Europe. She is, she tells him, used to being in society quite often in America, so she is not incredibly impressed by Europe's offerings. As she describes her many lady and gentleman friends in New York to Winterbourne, she seems to become aware of how her chatter might be interpreted.Daisy's declaration about gentleman friends skirts the edges Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium es
“But I really think that you had better not meddle with little American girls that are uncultivated, as you call them. You have lived too long out of the country. You will be sure to make some great mistake. You are too innocent.”
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Mrs. Costello, Winterbourne's aunt, has learned of his conversation with Daisy, and it is obvious that she does not approve. Mrs. Costello has noticed Daisy and her family around the hotel, and has been quick to point out their very American improprieties, such as being overly close and familiar with their servant, as well as their general "vulgarity."Winterbourne has been attempting to discern whether or not Daisy is innocent, a judgment which assumes that he is knowledgeable enough to decide. Here Mrs. Costello reveals another, even opposite approach, suggesting that in fact Winterbourne is the innocent one, and Daisy the Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta.
She seemed to him, in all this, an extraordinary mixture of innocence and crudity.
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Winterbourne has accompanied Daisy to the castle across the lake, and they are spending the day touring together. He has just told her that he must return to Geneva the next day, and she has nearly thrown a fit: she decides that there must be a woman in Geneva to whom he is returning, and she begins to insult this imagined (at least, according to Winterbourne) woman with great passion.Winterbourne is entirely taken aback by Daisy's insults. He is not used to women sharing their views so openly: jealousy and protectiveness obviously exist in his world, but they are covered Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus
Part 2: Rome Quotes
Winterbourne meditated a moment. “They are very ignorant—very innocent only. Depend upon it they are not bad.”
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Winterbourne has just arrived in Rome, and Mrs. Costello is updating him about the earlier arrival of the Millers and their shocking behavior—particularly that of Daisy, who has taken to showing up at parties with an Italian man with a moustache. Here, Winterbourne seems to carefully consider his aunt's judgment, though not to embrace it wholeheartedly. Although he seems to only be thinking about the evidence that his aunt has laid out for him, it is clear that his own experience with Daisy influences what he tells his aunt as well.Winterbourne does not entirely challenge his aunt's condemnation, but only Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae ear
He remembered that a cynical compatriot had once told him that American women—the pretty ones, and this gave largeness to the axiom—were at once the most exacting in the world and the least endowed with a sense of indebtedness.
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Winterbourne has met Daisy at a party, where she exclaims to the hostess how "mean" Winterbourne has been to her. He is surprised and a little annoyed: Daisy doesn't seem to recognize or to be grateful for the fact that he has traveled directly from Rome rather than making several stops along the way, as he usually does. Winterbourne's deeply ambivalent response to Daisy's character is clear throughout this section, and particularly in this passage, as he recalls a friend's judgment on the character of pretty American women.Nationality, of course, is one frame by which Winterbourne seeks to understand and Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima po
The young girl looked at him more gravely, but with eyes that were prettier than ever. “I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate anything to me, or to interfere with anything I do.”
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Winterbourne has accompanied Daisy to meet the Italian, Mr. Giovanelli, in a park, and he has told her that he won't leave her alone with the man. Daisy has been her usual cheerful, somewhat scattered self during her walk with Winterbourne, but now she becomes more serious, as it becomes apparent that she takes his vow seriously, and is troubled by its implications. Daisy's declaration is in the line of earlier statements to Winterbourne, such as her admission that she has plenty of gentlemen friends. Here she qualifies that claim by declaring that no one, not even one of these Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia ea
That she should seem to wish to get rid of him would help him to think more lightly of her, and to be able to think more lightly of her would make her much less perplexing. But Daisy, on this occasion, continued to present herself as an inscrutable combination of audacity and innocence.
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As Winterbourne walks with Mr. Giovanelli and Daisy, he continues to wonder about Daisy's true character, about what really lies behind her cheerful façade—if there is, that is, any secret behind her joy and desire for experience. Here, he realizes that if Daisy acted as if she would like him to leave, he would be able to better understand: this would mean that she and Mr. Giovanelli were pursuing an affair, and would seek privacy. It would be shocking, to be sure, but at least Winterbourne and others would be able to situate this behavior within understood categories.Instead, Winterbourne continues Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut
“Well,” said Winterbourne, “when you deal with natives you must go by the custom of the place. Flirting is a purely American custom; it doesn’t exist here.”
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Winterbourne is speaking to Daisy at Mrs. Walker's party about her behavior at the park the other day, and is trying to explain to her how and why she should conform to what is expected of her. Daisy doesn't see why she should follow the rules of others such as Mrs. Walker. In response, Winterbourne does not exactly defend the social practices of this little group per se; instead, he falls back on what he calls "custom."Custom seems to have little basis in morality for Winterbourne: he does not, for instance, claim that it is ethically better to act in Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a
[Mrs. Walker] turned her back straight upon Miss Miller, and left her to depart with what grace she might. Winterbourne was standing near the door; he saw it all.
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Mrs. Walker has been seething with anger towards Daisy ever since she followed Daisy and Mr. Giovanelli to the park and implored Daisy to get into her carriage, and Daisy refused. On this night, Daisy has arrived late with the Italian in tow and has been her usual cheery, chatty self, failing to be properly muted and ashamed for her behavior. Mrs. Walker's painfully obvious dismissal of Daisy is the best revenge she can think of, and the best way she can find to show Daisy exactly how much she condemns her behavior. For Daisy, in turn, this is the Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima por
He could not deny to himself that she was going very far indeed. He felt very sorry for her—not exactly that he believed that she had completely lost her head, but because it was painful to hear so much that was pretty and undefended and natural assigned to a vulgar place among the categories of disorder.
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As Winterbourne is touring in Rome with his aunt and other expatriates, he is privy to the gossip they share about Daisy, as well as their judgments and condemnations of her behavior. In some ways, Winterbourne shares their concerns; he comes from the same social background, which affects how he perceives Daisy's behavior, and he cannot help but think that her actions are going "very far indeed." At the same time, he cannot agree that these actions stem from any kind of sinfulness or maliciousness on the part of Daisy. He continues to think of her as innocent, as "natural." Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta
He was angry at finding himself reduced to chopping logic about this young lady; he was vexed at his want of instinctive certitude as to how far her eccentricities were generic, national, and how far they were personal.
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Winterbourne has failed several times to run into Daisy or to meet her at her home. He continues to muse over her character, and prior to this passage he wonders if she is too thoughtless to think of him at all, or if she is angrily defiant about his and other people's judgment about her. His inability to decide between these two options makes him generally angry at his failure to understand Daisy.Winterbourne is a very logical person, and he is usually confident in his ability to reason out a problem—indeed, this is how he has approached the "problem" of Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perfere
Winterbourne stopped, with a sort of horror, and it must be added, with a sort of relief. It was as if a sudden illumination had been flashed upon the ambiguity of Daisy’s behavior, and the riddle had become easy to read. She was a young lady whom a gentleman need no longer be at pains to respect.
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Winterbourne has stopped late one evening by the Coliseum, and is pausing to look at the romantic, picturesque scene and to recite some lines of poetry to himself, when he makes out the figures of Daisy and Giovanelli in the Coliseum. For Winterbourne, this is the last straw, and a moment of revelation. For most of the visit to Rome, Winterbourne has agreed with his aunt that there is something improper about Daisy wandering around with an Italian, but he has continued to insist to himself that this behavior is innocent and ignorant rather than conniving—even as he has also Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore
“Anyway, she says she’s not engaged. I don’t know why she wanted you to know; but she said to me three times, ‘Mind you tell Mr. Winterbourne.’ And then she told me to ask if you remembered the time you went to that castle in Switzerland.”
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Daisy has fallen seriously ill with the Roman fever after spending an evening at the Coliseum, where Winterbourne had encountered her and Mr. Giovanelli. Upon seeing them there together late at night, Winterbourne was shocked and disappointed: he decided that it must be the case that Daisy and Mr. Giovanelli are simply lovers, and that all the alluring mystery he had assigned to Daisy was a lie.Now, Mrs. Miller's comments to Winterbourne complicate this scheme once again. Daisy's true motivations and character continue to be obscure, especially since her words are refracted through her mother, who can be flighty. Still, Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrup
“She was the most beautiful young lady I ever saw, and the most amiable”; and then he added in a moment, “and she was the most innocent.”
Winterbourne looked at him, and presently repeated his words, “And the most innocent?”
“The most innocent!”
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Winterbourne has encountered Giovanelli at Daisy's burial in a Protestant cemetery in Rome. No longer does Giovanelli look clever and dapper: now he is pale and sickly. Winterbourne lashes out at Giovanelli for having brought Daisy to the Coliseum, but Giovanelli (in a way that is not entirely satisfying) protests that Daisy would always find a way to do what she wanted to do. However, Winterbourne's anger ebbs at these words of praise from Giovanelli. The repetition of the word "innocent" seems to cement that adjective as the most appropriate description of Daisy (while also casting into doubt yet again Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis
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Part 1: Les Trois Couronnes
...her, but there are many stories about her in the air. Apart from that, though, Winterbourne (here we learn his name) has gone to school and college in Geneva and has...
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Winterbourne has coffee and lights a cigarette, before a small boy comes walking along the path,...
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...hotels, then the candy, and calls American candy the “best.” When he finds out that Winterbourne is American, the boy also calls American men the “best men.”
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...that his sister is coming. She is dressed in a fancy white muslin dress and Winterbourne immediately notices her beauty, thinking how pretty “they are,” that is, American girls. The boy...
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Winterbourne rises, realizing that he might be able to talk to a young unmarried lady alone...
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Winterbourne attempts to make an observation about the view, though now he feels less awkward, since...
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Winterbourne loves to observe female beauty, and he notes that the young lady may well be...
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The lady says she’s from New York State. Winterbourne asks her brother his name, and he says it’s Randolph C. Miller: his sister, he...
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Daisy tells Winterbourne that Randolph misses home, and that there aren’t many boys around to play with him....
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Daisy continues chatting (Winterbourne thinks others might have characterized it as “chattering”) about her family affairs as if she...
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...dinners given for her, and has plenty of lady and gentleman friends. She glances at Winterbourne and says, smiling, that she’s always had many gentlemen friends.
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Winterbourne is confused by Daisy but also charmed. He wonders whether she is really uncouth in...
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Winterbourne wonders again if Daisy is unscrupulous—his instincts about people’s character seem to be failing him....
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Daisy points to the Château de Chillon (a castle) in the distance and asks if Winterbourne has ever been there. He says he has. Daisy replies that she would love to...
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Winterbourne makes a few suggestions, but Daisy looks at him and cries that she wishes he...
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Eugenio appears, tall and handsome, and looks Winterbourne up and down before announcing that lunch is ready. Daisy rises and cries that she’s...
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Daisy smiles and turns to follow Eugenio, as Winterbourne watches her go. He returns to his aunt’s apartments, and asks his aunt, Mrs. Costello,...
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Mrs. Costello agrees with Winterbourne that the young lady is pretty and charming, and dresses perfectly: she can’t imagine where...
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Winterbourne, more seriously, asks if Mrs. Costello thinks Daisy might expect a man to “carry her...
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Despite this conversation, Winterbourne remains impatient to see Daisy again. He finds her that evening in the hotel garden,...
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Winterbourne, embarrassed, says that he agrees, although the headaches will make that difficult. Daisy glances at...
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They see a figure approaching in the darkness, and suddenly pause. Winterbourne says she must not see them, but Daisy says her mother probably won’t approach since...
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Mrs. Miller doesn’t greet Winterbourne, and when Daisy asks gaily what she’s doing here, Mrs. Miller responds that she doesn’t...
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Daisy says that at least she’ll be able to go to the castle now that Winterbourne has offered to take her. At first Mrs. Miller doesn’t respond, so Winterbourne thinks she...
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Daisy suddenly calls to Winterbourne, asking if he can take her out on a boat right now. Mrs. Miller exclaims...
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Winterbourne suggests Daisy take his arm and they’ll go find a boat at the nearby landing-place....
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...to bed. Mrs. Miller tells Daisy to accompany her back, and Daisy looks back at Winterbourne. She smiles and says she hopes he is disappointed or disgusted at her. Winterbourne says...
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Two days later Winterbourne waits for Daisy in the hotel hall. She darts downstairs, buttoning her gloves as Winterbourne...
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Daisy is charming and animated, but Winterbourne is a little disappointed that she doesn’t seem anxious or fluttered and doesn’t blush at...
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...castle and walk around. Daisy seems less interested in antiquities than she is in asking Winterbourne about his family, his tastes, and his habits, and comparing them to her own. Although...
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Winterbourne is astonished by Daisy’s reaction. She begins to hurl insults on the woman she imagines...
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...Costello has taken an apartment in Rome for the winter. But Daisy says she wants Winterbourne to come for her, not for his aunt. Winterbourne agrees to come, and they return...
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Part 2: Rome
Winterbourne arrives in Rome in the end of January, a few weeks after his aunt. She...
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Winterbourne asks for more specifics, and Mrs. Costello says that Daisy wanders around alone with the...
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Winterbourne is a little annoyed to hear about all the foreign men flitting around Daisy, interrupting...
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Winterbourne asks if Mrs. Miller has been well. Randolph exclaims that she has dyspepsia, and he...
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Daisy turns and declares that she’s been telling Mrs. Walker, the hostess, how “mean” Winterbourne has been. Winterbourne is a little annoyed that Daisy hasn’t appreciated that he went directly...
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Daisy and Winterbourne go outside and move slowly through the packed streets. Winterbourne enjoys seeing many passersby ogle...
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Daisy rebukes Winterbourne for not coming to see her earlier, but then turns to other topics. She says...
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They pass the Pincian Gardens gate, and Winterbourne says he won’t help Daisy find Mr. Giovanelli. She laughs, then sees the Italian leaning...
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...side of her. Mr. Giovanelli is polite, clever, and sophisticated, but speaks with little sense. Winterbourne thinks that the man is just an imitation of a gentleman, and he feels indignant...
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Again Winterbourne wonders if a “nice girl” would really meet up with a foreigner to walk about...
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...fifteen minutes, Mrs. Walker pulls up in a carriage, her face flushed, and beckons to Winterbourne. She cries that 50 people have noticed Daisy, and she must stop. Winterbourne asks her...
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Winterbourne goes to fetch Daisy, who seems delighted to present Mr. Giovanelli to Mrs. Walker. Mrs....
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Daisy begins to flush, and looks quite pretty to Winterbourne. She asks him if her reputation requires that she get in the carriage. Winterbourne flushes...
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Mrs. Walker, her eyes tearing up, tells Winterbourne to get in: when he says he must follow Daisy, she says if he does...
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Winterbourne tells Mrs. Walker, back in the carriage, that her earnestness has backfired: Daisy means no...
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When Mrs. Walker marvels at how Daisy should have made a fuss about Winterbourne leaving Vevay, when they’d only known each other for a few days, Winterbourne pauses and...
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Mrs. Walker asks Winterbourne to stop associating with Miss Miller, but he says he likes her very much and...
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The next two days, Winterbourne tries to call at Daisy’s hotel, but she’s not home either time. On the third...
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When Winterbourne arrives, he sees Mrs. Miller, though not Daisy. Mrs. Miller tells Winterbourne and Mrs. Walker...
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Daisy and Winterbourne begin to talk. She says she was shocked that Mrs. Walker wanted her to abandon...
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Winterbourne warns her that her habits are those of a flirt, and, staring and smiling at...
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Winterbourne continues, trying to convince Daisy that she should follow the custom of a certain place,...
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Daisy turns to the Italian, who asks if she’d like tea—which she says Winterbourne has never thought to offer her. Daisy remains with Mr. Giovanelli in the other room...
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Winterbourne continues to visit the Millers’ hotel, where they are often absent, though when they are...
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Still, Winterbourne has to admit that Daisy seems to find Giovanelli fascinating: she is always asking him...
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...must think him a fine gentleman, finer even than the courier, who probably introduced them. Winterbourne says he doesn’t think they’ll marry, and his aunt replies that Daisy certainly lives day-to-day,...
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Winterbourne says he’s asked around about Giovanelli, who is apparently respectable, though he doesn’t move in...
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...of Mrs. Costello gather around them and discuss how Daisy has really gone “too far.” Winterbourne is upset at this talk, finding it painful to hear her innocence described as vulgar...
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One day Winterbourne meets a friend in the Corso (a large boulevard) who has just emerged from the...
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Winterbourne says that she is. He quickly gets into a cab to find Mrs. Miller, who...
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After this Winterbourne never finds Daisy at home, nor at the houses of his friends, who have stopped...
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It annoys Winterbourne to think that Daisy might not even notice or care about this coldness—she is probably...
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A few days later Winterbourne finds Daisy at the Palace of the Caesar on a fine spring day, strolling amid...
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Daisy says Winterbourne thinks she’s with Giovanelli too much. Everyone thinks so, Winterbourne replies. Daisy declares that everyone...
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Daisy looks at Giovanelli, then back at Winterbourne, and says Winterbourne shouldn’t let people be so unkind. He protests that he has said...
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Winterbourne leaves the couple. A week later he eats dinner at a villa on the Caelian...
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Winterbourne begins to recite some lines of poetry, but then remembers that doctors caution against spending...
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Winterbourne is horrified by this discovery, but also a little relieved. Daisy’s behavior is finally easy...
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Daisy says she’s been here all evening, and nothing can be so pretty. Winterbourne tells her that people catch Roman fever from such beauty. He rebukes Giovanelli for leading...
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Winterbourne counsels them to leave immediately, and Giovanelli goes to get the carriage. Daisy doesn’t seem...
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Winterbourne mentions to no one the circumstances of his meeting with Daisy, but in a few...
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A few days later, the same gossips reveal that Daisy is seriously ill. Winterbourne goes to the hotel at once, where a few other acquaintances are in Mrs. Miller’s...
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...though she does continue to talk a great deal about Dr. Davis. Mrs. Miller tells Winterbourne that Daisy has asked her to tell him that Daisy was never engaged to Mr....
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...and amiable lady he’d ever seen. He adds that she was the most innocent, too. Winterbourne looks at him and repeats that last phrase as a question. Giovanelli repeats what he...
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Winterbourne leaves Rome soon. The next summer he meets his aunt again at Vevay. One day...
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