Madame de Mauves by Henry James, Fiction, Literary

"Why won't you come with me to London?" "Introduce me to Madame de Mauves," he answered, "and Saint-Germain will quite satisfy me." All he had learned was the lady's name and residence. "Ah she, poor woman, won't make your affair a carnival. She's very unhappy," said Mrs. Draper. Longmore's further enquiries were arrested by the arrival of a young lady with a bandbox; but he went away with the promise of a note of introduction, to be immediately dispatched to him at Saint-Germain. He then waited a week, but the note never came. . . .