Newsome sends her daughter, Sarah Pocock (Chad's sister), to bring Chad home. Just when Chad seems willing to co back home to Woollett, it is Strether who convinces the young man to stay in Paris for a little while longer. Strether rejects this advice and tries to find the compromise between two conflicting positions. Waymarsh gives Strether very sound advice: Strether should either follow his directions from Mrs. Newsome that the Countess has been a positive influence on Chad and that Chad has changed for the better. From the very beginning, Strether's plan is doomed to fail. Quite impressed by the Countess, Strether agrees to help her as well - though he does not know how he will be able to appease both Mrs. Strether is charmed by the Countess, Madame de Vionnet, a married woman with whom Chad has begun a relationship. He enjoys spending time with Chad's young friends, Miss Barrace and Little John Bilham. Strether arrives in Paris and his trip becomes a return to his own youth. Newsome's "ambassador," sent to Paris to protect her interests. Despite the assistance of his old friend, Waymarsh, and his new friend, Maria Gostrey, Strether is unable to fulfill this task. Newsome's son, Chad, has been in Paris for a long time and the Newsomes are worried that Chad will never return home. Lambert Strether is from Woollett, Massachusetts and he has come to Europe at the request of his employer, Mrs.
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