This was a little dif昀cult to follow, and Mr. Touchett considered it for a while. At last he said: "Isabel＇s a sweet young thing; but do you think she＇s so good as that?"
"She＇s as good as her best opportunities," Ralph returned.
"Well," Mr. Touchett declared, "she ought to get a great many opportunities for sixty thousand pounds."
"I＇ve no doubt she will."
"Of course I＇ll do what you want," said the old man. "I only want to understand it a little."
"Well, dear daddy, don＇t you understand it now?" his son caressingly asked. "If you don＇t we won＇t take any more trouble about it. We＇ll leave it alone."