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I ended by making my interlocutress believe that I was an honorable person, though of course I did not even attempt to persuade her that I was not an eccentric one.

From The Aspern Papers by James, Henry

The girl had a moment, at this, of thinking it natural that her interlocutress herself should so fail of subtlety.

From The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 by James, Henry

Her interlocutress was her sister, and even in a discussion with a person long since initiated she was not incapable of feeling that her beauty was a new advantage.

From A London Life and Other Tales by James, Henry

She had felt then, for some reason, a small silly terror, though afterwards conscious that her interlocutress, unfortunately hideous, had particularly meant to be kind.

From What Maisie Knew by James, Henry

Newman eyed his interlocutress and satisfied himself that she was not a gossip, but a zealot; she looked anxious, appealing, discreet.

From The American by James, Henry