This is the best novel i have ever read!I enjoyed it because i consider James the master of SILENCE!The way people get to understand each other through half phrases, through a look, a gesture...the tension that a moment of silence can create...We can skip words and still understand a message...but silence says more than any word.I remember the episode when Isabel meets Madame Merle at the convent.Isabel's silenve convinces Madame Merle that she knows her secret...The scene is beautiful!