![]() Kate wants Densher to pay as much attention as possible to Milly, though at first he doesn't quite know why. ![]() After the trip to America where he had met Milly, Densher returns to find the heiress in London. The doctor is noncommittal but Milly fears the worst. With Kate as a companion, Milly goes to see an eminent physician, Sir Luke Strett, because she worries that she is suffering from an incurable disease. Kate and Aunt Maud welcome Milly to London, and the American heiress enjoys great social success. Her travelling companion and confidante, Mrs. Into their world comes Milly Theale, an enormously rich young American woman who had previously met and fallen in love with Densher, although she has never revealed her feelings. Kate is constantly put upon by family troubles, and is now living with her domineering aunt, Maud Lowder. Kate Croy and Merton Densher are two betrothed Londoners who desperately want to marry but have very little money. Some of these people befriend Milly with honourable motives, while others are more self-interested. ![]() It tells the story of Milly Theale, an American heiress stricken with a serious disease, and her effect on the people around her. The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James. Scribner's: volume one, 329 volume two, 439 ![]()
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