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Discussion Forum The Sacred Fount is a novel   by Henry James
Henry James  , first published in 1901. This strange, often
baffling book concerns an unnamed narrator   who attempts to
discover the truth about the love lives of his fellow-guests at
a weekend party in the English   countryside. He spurns the
"detective   and keyhole" methods as ignoble, and instead tries
to decipher these relationships purely from the behavior Human
behavior   and appearance of each guest. He expends huge
resources of energy and ingenuity on his theories, much to the
bemusement of some people at the party.  Plot summary  As he
waits for the train to take him to a weekend party in the
country, the narrator notices that Gilbert Long seems much more
assured and lively than before. He also see