Quote by Henry James, Greville Fane from

Greville Fane's French and Italian were droll; the imitative faculty had been denied her, and she had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities. She knew it, but she didn't care; correctness was the virtue in the world that, like her heroes and heroines, she valued least.

Greville Fane's French and Italian were droll; the imitative

Summary

This quote, taken from the story "Greville Fane," highlights the protagonist's lack of fluency in French and Italian, which resulted in humorous attempts at imitating these languages. However, Greville Fane possessed an exceptional talent for cleverly incorporating significant errors into limited situations. Despite being aware of her linguistic inaccuracies, she didn't concern herself with correctness, considering it the least important virtue.

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