Summary 55-118 'The Portrait of A Lady' by Henry James

Miss Stackpole, who is the American writer, comes to England to have more materials for her work. She is a journalist. Her articles are published in the American newspaper, which is called 'the independent'. So, Miss Stackpole is going to collect any information about live in England, what usually people are interested in, what are their customs and traditions and that sort of things. By the way, she is the friend of the main character of the story - Miss Archer.
Both friends are speaking about the live in England and America. They are both Americans. For them, both these lives are different. To this agreement they come. To be more reliable in their convictions, they have to visit London.
But their plan is under discussion, because Lord Warburton has made a proposal to Miss Archer to be his wife. Isabell doesn't know what she should do. She wants to be alone. She isn't ready to be a wife of anybody. All in all Lord Warburton is a very high-voltage person in that question.
That fact doesn't give good vibes to Miss Stackpole. She prefers Miss Archer not to change herself Anglice. The writer believes that Isabell doesn't go the right way. The reason is that our heroine isn't under the influence of her Boston lover Mr. Goodwood.
That's why Miss Stackpole asks Ralph Touchett to invite Isabell's fellow to visit Touchett's house. The trick here is that in this case Isabell will come under the influence of her Boston's friend Mr. Goodwood again and can't change herself Anglice.
Miss Stackpole is interested in Lord Warburton. She wants to know more about him, but she doesn't have a chance to complete her mission. We dare say that she has feelings to him.
At the same time Ralph Touchett spends more and more time with Isabell. He rejects that she is nice to him, but it is true.