What she said however was unexpected. "Well, I'VE seen him." "You ?" "I've seen him in a dream." "Oh a 'dream' !" It let him down. "But twice over," she continued. "I saw him as I see you now." "You've dreamed the same dream ?" "Twice over," she repeated. "The very same." This did somehow a little speak to him, as it also gratified him. "You dream about me at that rate?" "Ah about HIM!" she smiled. His eyes again sounded her. "Then you know all about him." And as she said nothing more: "What's the wretch like?" She hesitated, and it was as if he were pressing her so hard that, resisting for reasons of her own, she had to turn away. "I'll tell you some other time!"

What had next brought him back, clearly--though after how long?--was Mrs. Muldoon's voice, coming to him from quite near, from so near that he seemed presently to see her as kneeling on the ground before him while he lay looking up at her; himself not wholly on the ground, but half-raised and upheld

Henry James, OM ((1843-04-15)15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916(1916-02-28)) was an American-British writer who spent most of his writing career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.

James alternated between America and Europe for the first 20 years of his life; eventually he settled in England, becoming a British subject in 1915, one year before his death. He is best known for a number of novels showing Americans encountering Europe and Europeans. His method of writing from the point of view of a character within a tale allows him to explore issues related to consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting.