Narrators Change in The Real Thing

The narrator in Henry James's story, The Real Thing changes during the story. At the beginning of the story he is happy to have the wealthy monarchs visit him. He thought they were "the real thing" that the narrator was trying to portray the models as. The only problem was that since they were high class they were selective about how they wanted to look because they didn't want to dress in something that wasn't as fancy as their normal clothes. When he found out that they didn't have skill and were just doing it for the money, he was not happy because the lower class models did a better job than the higher class models. The narrator starts showing to the Monarchs that he isn't happy with them when he tells them to fetch some tea for them. However after the monarchs come back and ask him if they need any help and the wife does the dishes and the man cleans, the narrator pities them and wants to take a photo of them because its interesting to see the roles switched. I think James ended the story with the quote "If it be true I am content to have paid the price--for the memory" because he feels that his work suffered but it was good to have the memory of the experience of working with people from a higher class.